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U.S.S.R. Life From The Other Side (album)
U.S.S.R. Life From The Other Side is DJ Vadim's sixth album, featuring Scratch Perverts, Iriscience (from Dilated Peoples), Blade and Sarah Jones. To promote the record, Vadim put together a live group - The Russian Percussion - consisting of Mr Thing (turntables), Killa Kela (beat box), Blu rum 1..
U.S.S. Constellation
The U.S.S. Constellation was a Class One U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier built in the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard and christened October 8, 1960. The Constellation's main service of operation was in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The U.S.S. Constellation was the famed carrie..
U.S.S. John F. Kennedy
USS John F. Kennedy in New York in June 2005 Career Laid down: 22 October 1964 Commissioned: 7 September 1968 Length: 1,050 feet Speed: 30 knots Complement: 3,117 Ship Crew & 2,480 Airmen Propellers: 4 Width of Deck: 267 feet Aircraft: Holds approximatey 80 planes ..
U.S.S. Wolverine
The first iron side ship It is often stated that ironclad warships were a product of the American Civil War. Most maritime historians are aware of the powerful iron hulled L'Gloire, or the H.M.S. Warrior of 1860. While these ships are often given credit as the first iron hulled ocean going wa..
U.S. Sanremese Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sanremese Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Sanremo, Liguria. The club was founded in 1904. Sanremese currently plays in Serie C2/A, having last been in Serie B in 1940. The team's colors are light blue, white and black. External links [Official site] ..
U.S. Sanvitese
Unione Sportiva Sanvitese is an Italian football club located in San Vito al Tagliamento, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red and white. ..
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1922. Sassuolo played 2005/2006 in Serie C2/B, and won the promotion playoffs beating A.C. Sansovino in the finals, being therefore promoted to Serie C1. The team's colors are gr..
U.S. Scouting Service Project
redirect[[Template:Portal]] The U.S. Scouting Service Project is one of the largest collections of Scouting resource materials. It is maintained and assembled by volunteer Scouters. It is organized as a non-profit corporation named "The U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc." It is not formally assoc..
U.S. Second Army
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U.S. Security Associates
U.S. Security Associates is a major provider of security guards and other private security services in the U.S. market. It is based in the Atlanta, Georgia area but operates in most U.S. states. Its corporate literature describes it as the second-largest U.S.-based provider of private security. I..
U.S. Senate Florida primary, 2004
The election to determine which two candidates would be allowed to run for Bob Graham's soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat was held on August 31, 2004. The winners of the respective races are colored in lime. Democratic Party Vote 6,835 out of 6,836 precincts are reporting. That is 99% of the ..
U.S. Sestri Levante
Unione Sportiva Sestri Levante is an Italian football club located in Sestri Levante, Liguria. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red and blue. External links () [Official homepage] ..
U.S. Seventh Army
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U.S. Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle
This is the order of battle of the US Seventh Fleet during the Korean War. US Seventh Fleet* Task Force 70** Task Group 70.6 US Fleet Air Wing 1*** VP-1 7 August 1950-13 November 1950; April 1951-29 August 1951*** VP-6 27 July 1951-15 January 1952*** VP-28 14 July 1950-10 August 1950; 28 March 1951..
U.S. Sixth Army
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U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company (formerly United States Tobacco Company) has been manufacturing dipping tobacco for over one hundred years. It is a subsidiary of UST Inc. Its corporate headquarters are in Greenwich, Connecticut and it maintains manufacturing facilities in Nashville, Tennesse..
U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year is given by the United States Soccer Federation to the American soccer players judged best in the calendar year. It is the longest running major American Soccer Award. The award is sponsored by Chevrolet. Male Athlete of the Year 2005 Kasey Keller2004 Landon Dono..
U.S. Soldier's Creed
To meet Wikipedia's and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require [Cleanupcleanup].The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.Please help Wikipedia by improving the introduction according to th..
U.S. state
A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. The separate state governments and the United States federal government share sovereignty,..
U.S. states without major sports teams
Despite the rampant popularity of professional sports in the United States, there are 25 States that do not have any major league sports teams (this includes the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL). The reasons for this are mixed. Often it is because of a lack of population density or size in a single city or ..
U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
The U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations is a list of non-US organizations that are designated as terrorist by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The United States government believes that FTO ..
U.S. state temperature extremes
The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each state in the United States, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. ! rowspan="2" | State ! colspan="3" | Record high ! colspan="3" | Record low ! Temperature Date Place(s) Temperature Date Place(s) | Alabama 112°..
U.S. Steel
The United States Steel Corporation NYSE: [X] is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. The company is the world's ninth-largest steel producer ranked by sales (see list of steel producers). It was renamed USX Corporation in..
U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901
The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 was an attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (the AA) to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members. The strike failed. The AA had formed in 1876. It was a union of skilled iron and steel workers..
U.S. Steel Tower
The U.S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh. U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the 33rd tallest in the United States. When completed in 1970, the tower stretched 64 floors to 841 ft (256 m) and has 2.3 million square feet of leaseable space. Its orig..
U.S. Steel Yard
U.S. Steel Yard is a baseball field located in Gary, Indiana. The stadium was built in 2002 and holds 6,000 people. It is the home of the Gary SouthShore Railcats. Seating and Tickets Baseball Tickets can be purchased at the box office, online at [TicketReturn.com], or call (219)..
U.S. support for Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war
During the Iran-Iraq war, the United States implemented a policy of support for Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war as a counterbalance against post-revolutionary Iran. At times, the support was via technological support, at times through intelligence aid, at times through dual use and military equipm..
U. S. Steel Košice
U. S. Steel Košice is a steel company located in Košice, Slovakia. In November 2000, the ownership of the complete metallurgical operation of former Východoslovenské železiarne (VSŽ) Košice (East Slovakian Ironworks, Košice) was transferred to the United States Steel Corporation. U. S. ..
US/Saudi AWACS Sale
The Reagan administration's sale of AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) surveilance planes to Saudi Arabia was a controversial part of what was then the largest foreign arms sale US history. (See Arms Industry) The sale saw objections from a majority of Americans, prominent US Senators, the ..
USS
USS is a three-letter acronym that may designate one of the following: United Scottish Society Organization dedicated to keeping alive the traditions and heritage of Scotland. ([http://www.unitedscottishsociety.com)United States Ship Typically as a ship prefix in the United States NavyUnited Star Sh..
USSA
USSA may refer to: United States Sports AcademyUnited States Ski and Snowboard AssociationUnited States Student AssociationUnited States Surfing Association - Replaced with the United States Surfing Federation"United Soviet States of America" - The United States of America after a hypothetical Sovi..
USSB
USSB can stand for more than one meaning, such as: United States Satellite BroadcastingUnited States Shipping Board ..
USSCA
USSCA is an initialism. United States Ski Coaches AssociationUnited States Slot Car Association redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Ussel
Ussel is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Ussel, Cantal, in the Cantal départementUssel, Corrèze, in the Corrèze départementUssel, Lot, in the Lot départementUssel, Haute-Loire in the Haute-Loire département Ussel-d'Allier, in the Allier département This is a [..
Ussel, Corrèze
Ussel is a commune of the Corrèze département, in France. ..
Usselo
Usselo is a Dutch village just south of Enschede in the eastern Netherlands. It has existed for over 800 years. The village has a Dutch Reformed church, a Church of the Christelijke Gemeente Nederland, a primary school and some shops. Of interest are the windmill (of the rare Stenderkast model) and ..
Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar
The Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar is a 17th century chronology of the history of the world formulated from an interpretative reading of the Bible by James Ussher, the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh (in what is now Northern Ireland). The chronology, first published in 1650, is famously the source of the ..
Ussing chamber
An Ussing chamber is a scientific tool used to measure the amount of ions that are actively transported across tissue, as well as the permeability of the tissue. In an Ussing chamber, tissue is mounted as a flat sheet between two half-chambers, and then electrical activity is measured across the tis..
Usson
Usson may refer to: Places Usson is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Usson in the Puy-de-Dôme départementUsson-en-Forez in the Loire départementUsson-du-Poitou in the Vienne département Others Château d'Usson, a castle in the Ariège département This is a [dis..
USSR at the Summer Olympics
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (IOC country code:URS) participated in the Summer Olympics nine times (1952-1988 except 1984). At seven of its nine appearances, the team placed first in the total number of medals won, it was second by this count on the other two. They returned as the Unif..
USSR at the Winter Olympics
USSR (IOC country code:URS) participated at the Winter Olympics nine times. At seven Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter Olympics it was second by this count. The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed on April 21 1951 and was recogniz..
USSR Border Troops
Soviet Border Troops, (Russian: Пограничные войска СССР, Pogranichnyie Voiska SSSR) were the militarized border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to its subsequently reorganized state security agency: first to Cheka, than to NKVD and, finally, to to KGB. Accordingly, th..
USSR Chess Championship
Winner list: 1991 (58th, Moscow) Minasian, Artashes1990 (57th, Leningrad) Beliavsky, Alexander / Yudasin, Leonid / Bareev, Evgeny / Vyzmanavin, Alexey "ex aequo"1989 (56th, Odessa) Vaganian, Rafael1988 (55th, Moscow) Karpov, Anatoly / Kasparov, Garry "ex aequo"1987 (54th, Minsk) Beliavsky, Alexande..
USSR Federation Cup
The USSR Federation Cup was a short-lived premier Soviet football (soccer) competition similar to the USSR Cup that exclusively featured Soviet Top League competitors (the USSR Federation Cup is comparable to the English League Cup which allows only clubs from the FA Premier League and The Football ..
USSR military aircraft designation systems
Imperial Russia (before 1917) does not seem to have had a system. Aircraft were given names or numerical designations by manufacturers, like Ilya Muromets or Anatra Anasal. Contents 1 Soviet System to 19401.1 Type Prefixes1.2 Fighters1.3 Bombers2 Soviet system since 19403..
USSR national football team
The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union. FIFA considers the Russia national football team as its successor team(see [link]) allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage..
USSR national under-21 football team
Soviet Union U-21 Nickname - Association Football Federation of USSR Coach - Most caps ? Top scorer ? ..
USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearers
USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearers were Soviet sportsmen, who bore the State Flag of the USSR at the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Summer and Winter Olympics. Most of them were World and/or Olympic Champions. Summer Olympics Athlete Sport 1952 Yakov Kutsenko Weightlifting 1956 Ale..
USSR State Defense Committee
State Defense Committee (Russian: , GKO) was the extraordinary superior organ in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War which held the total power in the state. GKO is not to be confused with "NKO", which stood for "Narodny Komissariat Oborony" and was People's Commissariat (Ministry) of Defence. ..
USSR State motto
The USSR State motto is a quotation from Karl Marx's and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!. It was featured in all languages of the Soviet Republics as part of the USSR Coat of arms, mentioned by the reversed order of that written down in the Constitution of..
USSR State Prize
Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian: Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Union's highest civilian honour. It was established on September 9 1966. With the demise of the Soviet Union, the medal became defunct. The Stat..
USSR Super Cup
The USSR Super Cup, or Season's Cup, featured the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League and USSR Cup in a one or two legged playoff for the trophy. The competition never took off, as the Super Cup winner was only determined 7 times in the last 15 years of Soviet football. It wasn't unti..
USSR Union of Artists
Union of Artists of the USSR (Russian: Союз художников СССР) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and arts critics embracing the union republics. The integral Union was instituted in 1957. As of January 1, 1976 the Union included 14 538 members. Chairmen of the Union of Art..
USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
The USSTRATCOM Center for Comabating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC WMD) is a United States Strategic Command center built in cooperation with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). The SCC WMD is housed in the Defense Threat Reduction Center (DTRC), the headquarters building of the Defense ..
Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk (Russian: ) is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situadet in the middle of a fertile valley at the junction of three rivers at [43.81° N 131.97° E]. The city was founded in 1866 as Nikolskoye, named so after tsar Nicholas I, but was changed to Voroshilov in 1935 after..
Ussuri (cat)
The Ussuri is a rare natural breed of cat that originates from the region of the Amur river, Russia. It is reputed to be derived from natural hybrids with small wild cats known as "Amur Forest Cats" and "Amur Leopard Cats" (Asian Leopard Cat subspecies, the same species used in the Bengal breed). S..
Ussuri Cossacks
Ussuri Cossack Host (Russian: Уссури́йское каза́чье во́йско) was a Cossack Host in Imperial Russia, located in Primorye south of Khabarovsk along the Ussuri River, the Sungari River, and around the Khanka Lake. The Ussuri Cossack Host was created in 1889 on the basis of..
Ussuri krai
Ussuri krai (Russian: Уссури́йский край) is an unofficial name for a part of Primorsky Krai that consisted of Ussuri and South-Ussuri Okrugs. The name was often used in late Imperial Russia. The name comes from the fact that Ussuri River is located on the territory of the krai. Th..
Ussuri River
The Ussuri River (}; }; Russian: река Уссури) is a river in the east of Northeast China and south of the Russian Far East. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin range, flowing north, forming part of the Sino-Russian border based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking in 1860, until it joins the ..
Ussy
Ussy is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14420. The INSEE code is 14720. Population: 758Area: 8.68 km²Elevation: 177 mCanton: Falaise ..
USS A-1
Two United States Navy ships have borne the name USS A-1: USS Plunger (SS-2), the lead ship of Plunger class submarine seriesUSS A-1 (SP-1370), a houseboat taken over by the United States Navy in 1917 ..
USS A-1 (SP-1370)
Career Ordered: Built: 1911 Acquired by USN: 6 October 1917 Decommissioned: Fate: Unknown Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6.16 tons Length: 31 ft 2 in (9.5 m) Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: 6 crew Armament: The second A-1 was a conve..
USS A. Childs
USS A. Childs was a ship of the United States Navy. Besides her being listed as a ship of the Union Navy during the American Civil War, little is known about this vessel. At some unknown date, her name was changed from USS A. Childs to simply USS Childs. The hull of Childs was sold at Mound City,..
USS A. G. Prentiss (1912)
A. G. Prentiss before her service in the United States Navy Career Launched:1912 Commissioned:28 March 1918 Decommissioned:2 December 1918 Fate:Returned to original owner General Characteristics Displacement:130 tons Length:76 ft (23 m) Beam:17 ft (5 m) Draft:7 ft (2 m) Speed:9 knots (17 km/h) ..
USS A. Houghton (1852)
Image caption (Link to large image) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1852 Commissioned:19 February 1862 Decommissioned:9 June 1865 Fate:Sold at public auction General Characteristics Displacement:326 tons Length:113 ft (34 m) Beam:25 ft (8 m) Draft: Speed:13 knots (24 km/h) Complement:27 Arm..
USS A. J. View (1861)
USS A. J. View was a United States Navy schooner used as a supply vessel in the American Civil War. Early in the afternoon of 28 November 1861, while cruising in Mississippi Sound, the Union screw steamer USS New London fell in with and seized SS A. J. View off Pascagoula, Mississippi as that Bilox..
USS Aaron V. Brown (1861)
Insert caption here Career Built: Unknown Placed in service: Unknown Fate: Sold, May 1864 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Complement: Armament: USS Aaron V. Brown was a revenue cutter in the service of the United States Nav..
USS Aaron Ward
Three destroyers of the United States Navy have carried the name USS Aaron Ward, in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. The first Aaron Ward (DD-132) served between 1919 and 1940 and then became HMS Castleton.The second Aaron Ward (DD-483) served between 1942 and her sinking by Japanese bombers in 19..
USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
In the 1930s Career Ordered: Laid down:11 August 1918 Launched:10 April 1919 Commissioned:21 April 1919 Decommissioned:9 September 1940 Fate:Leased to Britain, 1940 General Characteristics Displacement:1,090 tons Length:314 ft 4 in (96 m) Beam:30 ft 6 in (9 m)..
USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
Career Ordered: Laid down:11 February 1941 Launched:22 November 1941 Commissioned:4 March 1942 Decommissioned:Sunk 7 April 1943 Fate:Destroyed in action General Characteristics Displacement:2,060 tons (2,090 t) Length:348 ft 4 in (106 m) Beam:36 ft 1 in (11 m)..
USS Aaron Ward (DM-34)
in camouflage measure 32, design 11a Career Ordered: Laid down:12 December 1943 Launched:5 May 1944 Commissioned:28 October 1944 Decommissioned:28 September 1945 Fate:Sold for scrap 1946 General Characteristics Displacement:2,200 tons Length:376 ft 6 in (115 m) Beam:40 ..
USS Abalone (SP-208)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1913 Commissioned:10 May 1917 Decommissioned:By 24 December 1918 Fate:Returned to owner General Characteristics Displacement:33 tons Length:60 ft (18 m) Beam:12 ft 6 in (4 m) Draft:3 ft 6 in (1 m) Speed:10 knots (19 km/h) Complement:8 Armament:1 1-pounder (45..
USS Abarenda
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Abarenda. The first Abarenda (AC-13) was a collier that served during World War I.The second Abarenda (IX-131) was a storage tanker that served during World War II. ..
USS Abarenda (AC-13)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1892 Commissioned:20 May 1898 Decommissioned:21 January 1926 Fate:Sold into civilian service General Characteristics Displacement:6,680 tons Length:325 ft 6 in (99 m) Beam:42 ft (13 m) Draft:22 ft 10 in (7 m) Speed:9 knots (17 km/h) Complement:69 Armament:4 3..
USS Abarenda (IX-131)
USS Abarenda (IX-131) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:April 29 1916 Commissioned:18 April 1944 Decommissioned:28 February 1946 Fate:Sold for scrapping in 1948. General Characteristics Displacement:19,410 tons Length:453 ft (138 m) Beam:56 ft (17 m) Draft:25 ft 6 in (8 m) Speed:10.2 knots (19..
USS Abatan (AW-4)
USS Abatan at Mare Island Navy Yard, 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 32, Design 7AO. Career Ordered: Laid down:9 June 1944 Launched:6 August 1944 Commissioned:29 January 1945 Decommissioned:27 January 1947 Fate:Used as target General Characteristics Displacement:22,350 tons Length:523 ft 6 in (..
USS Abbot
Two destroyers of the United States Navy have carried the name USS Abbot in honor of Commodore Joel Abbot. The first Abbot (DD-184) was a Wickes-class destroyer traded to the United Kingdom during World War II.The second Abbot (DD-629) was a Fletcher-class destroyer that served during World War II ..
USS Abbot (DD-184)
Career Ordered: Laid down:5 April 1918 Launched:4 July 1918 Commissioned (USN):19 July 1919 Decommissioned (USN):23 September 1940 Commissioned (RN):23 September 1940 Decommissioned (RN):15 January 1945 Fate:Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement:1,306 tons Length:314 ft 4 in (96 m) Beam:..
USS Abbot (DD-629)
USS Abbot (DD-629) Career Ordered: Laid down:21 September 1942 Launched:17 February 1943 Commissioned:23 April 1943 Decommissioned:26 March 1965 Fate:Sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:2,050 tons Length:376 ft 6 in (115 m) Beam:39 ft 7 in (12 m..
USS Abele (AN-58)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 January 1943 Launched: 19 August 1943 Commissioned: 2 June 1944 Decommissioned: 1 March 1946 Fate: Transferred to Maritime Commission Struck: 28 March 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 785 tons Length: 168 ft 6 in (51 m..
USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 April 1918 Launched: 4 July 1918 Commissioned (USN): 19 July 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 23 September 1940 Commissioned (RN): 9 September 1940 Struck (USN): 8 January 1941 Fate: broken up for scrap 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,308 ..
USS Abeona (1831)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1831 Commissioned: 10 April 1865 Decommissioned: 4 August 1865 Fate: Destroyed by fire General Characteristics Displacement: 206 tons Length: 157 ft (48 m) Beam: 31 ft (9 m) Draft: 4 ft (1 m) S..
USS Abercrombie (DE-343)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 November 1943 Launched: 14 January 1944 Commissioned: 1 May 1944 Decommissioned: 15 June 1946 Fate: Sunk as target Struck: 1 May 1967 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,350 tons Length: 306 ft (93 m) Beam: 36 ft 7 in (1..
USS Abilene (PF-58)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 May 1943 Launched: 21 August 1943 Commissioned: 28 October 1944 Decommissioned: 21 August 1946 Struck: 13 November 1946 Fate: Sold to the Netherlands, scrapped 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,100 tons Length: 303 ft 11 in (93 m) Be..
USS Ability
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Ability. The first Ability (PYc-28) was a yacht used for anti-submarine warfare during World War II.The second Ability (MSO-519) was the lead ship of the Ability-class of minesweepers.The third Ability (AFD-7/AFDL-7) was a small auxiliar..
USS Ability (AFDL-7)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1943 Launched: April 1944 Commissioned: Decommissioned: 1981 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 15 February 1981 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,200 tons Length: 288 ft (88 m) Beam: 64 ft (20 m) Dock width: 45 ft (14 m)..
USS Ability (MSO-519)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 March 1956 Launched: 29 December 1956 Commissioned: 4 August 1958 Decommissioned: June 1970 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 1 February 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 934 tons Length: 190 ft (58 m) Beam: 36 ft (11 m)..
USS Ability (PYc-28)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1926 Commissioned: 28 September 1942 Decommissioned: 29 September 1944 Fate: Disposal by Maritime Commission Struck: 1 October 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 280 tons Length: 133 ft. (41 m) Beam: 21 ft. 6 in. (7 m) Draft:..
USS Abinago (YTM-493)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 September 1944 Launched: 22 December 1944 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold to University of Georgia Struck: 1 May 1975 General Characteristics Displacement: 240 tons Length: 100 ft (30 m) Beam: 25 ft (8 m) Draft..
USS Abingdon (PC-1237)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 February 1943 Launched: 3 April 1943 Commissioned: 26 July 1943 Decommissioned: October 1949 Fate: Unknown Struck: 1 April 1959 General characteristics Displacement: 280 tons Length: 173 ft 8 in (53 m) Beam: 23 ft (7 m) Draft: 10 ft 10 in (..
USS Abnaki (ATF-96)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 28 November 1942 Launched: 22 April 1943 Commissioned: 25 November 1943 Decommissioned: 30 September 1978 Fate: Transferred to Mexico Struck: 30 September 1978 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,240 tons Length: 205 ft (62 m)..
USS Abner Read (DD-526)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 October 1941 Launched: 18 August 1942 Commissioned: 5 February 1943 Decommissioned: Fate: Destroyed by Japanese at Leyte Gulf Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 6 in (115 m) ..
USS Abraham (1858)
InsertCaptionHere Career Laid down: Launched: 1858 Captured: 6 June 1862 Fate: Sold, subsequently burned Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 800 tons Length: Beam: Draft: Speed: Complement: Armament: USS Abraham (formerly CSS..
USS Abraham Lincoln
Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Abraham Lincoln, in honor of the 16th President. The first Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) was a ballistic missile submarine commissioned 1961.The second Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1989. Several USS Abraham Lincolns ha..
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
The second USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier in the United States Navy. The ship is named after former president Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Everett, Washington. Contents 1 Ship history2 Cultural references3 See also4 ..
USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)
Career Awarded:30 July 1958 Laid down:1 November 1958 Launched:14 May 1960 Commissioned:11 March 1961 Fate:submarine recycling Stricken:1 December 1982 General Characteristics Displacement:5959 tons surfaced, 6709 tons submerged Length:381.6 feet (116.3 m) Beam:33 feet (10.0 m) Draft: Powerplant:S..
USS Absaroka (1917)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1917 Commissioned: 17 September 1918 Decommissioned: 4 March 1919 Fate: Returned to United States Shipping Board Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,397 tons Length: 423 ft 9 in (129 m) Beam: 54 ft (16..
USS Absecon
The USS Absecon has been the name of two ships in the US Navy: USS Absecon (1918) a single-screw, steel-hulled freighter built in 1918, which saw less than one month of service. USS Absecon (AVP-23) a Barnegat-class Seaplane Tender built in 1941 and served in WWII for the US Navy. Later she would ..
USS Absecon (AVP-23)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 July 1941 Launched: 8 March 1942 Commissioned: 28 January 1943 Decommissioned: 19 March 1947 Fate: Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam Struck: General characteristics Displacement: 2,800 tons Length: 310 ft ..
USS Absegami (SP-371)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1916 Commissioned: 30 April 1917 Decommissioned: 2 December 1918 Fate: Returned to original owner Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 75 ft (23 m) Beam: 16 ft (5 m) Draft: 3 ft 6 in (1 m) ..
USS Acacia (1863)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: September 1863 Commissioned: 8 December 1863 Decommissioned: 12 May 1865 Fate: Sold at public auction Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 300 tons Length: 125 ft (38 m) Beam: 23 ft 2 i..
USS Acadia (AD-42)
Career Ordered: 11 March 1976 Laid down: 14 February 1978 Launched: 28 July 1979 Commissioned: 6 June 1981 Decommissioned: 16 December 1994 Fate: In reserve Struck: Currently on Naval Vessel Register General Characteristics Displacement: 21,916 tons Length: ..
USS Accelerate (ARS-30)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1921 Commissioned: 15 March 1945 Decommissioned: Fate: Sold as surplus Struck: 7 February 1947 General characteristics Displacement: 400 tons Length: 129 ft 6 in (39 m) Beam: 32 ft (10 m) Draft: 14 ft (4 m) ..
USS Accentor
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Accentor. The first Accentor (AMc-36) was a coastal minesweeper and the lead ship of the Accentor-class.The second Accentor (LCIL-652/LSIL-652/AMCU-15) was a large infantry landing craft that was converted into an underwater mine locator. ..
USS Accentor (AMc-36)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 21 January 1941 Launched: 10 May 1941 Commissioned: 24 July 1941 Decommissioned: 1 September 1942 Fate: Sold as surplus Struck: 3 July 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 221 tons Length: 97 ft 6 in (30 m) Beam: 22 ft 6..
USS Accohanoc (YTM-545)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 April 1945 Launched: 9 July 1945 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Transferred to Maritime Administration Struck: February 1987 General Characteristics Displacement: 260 tons Length: 100 ft (30 m) Beam: 25 ft (8 m) Dr..
USS Accokeek (ATA-181)
Career Ordered: 16 August 1943 Laid down: 15 June 1944 Launched: 27 July 1944 Commissioned: 7 October 1944 Decommissioned: 29 June 1972 Fate: Sunk as artificial reef Struck: 31 March 1986 General Characteristics Displacement: 835 tons Length: 143 ft (44 m) ..
USS Accomac
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Accomac, in honor of the city and county of Accomac, Virginia. The first Accomac (YTL-18) was a small harbor tug.The second Accomac (APB-49) was an LST-542 class tank landing ship that was converted to a self-propelled barracks ship.The ..
USS Accomac (APB-49)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 13 May 1944 Launched: 28 June 1944 Commissioned: 24 July 1944 Decommissioned: 9 August 1946 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,080 tons Length: 328 ft (100 m) Beam: 50 ft (15 m) Draft: ..
USS Accomac (YTB-812)
Career Ordered: 22 June 1970 Laid down: 12 January 1971 Launched: 8 June 1971 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Status: In active service Struck: Currently on Navy list General Characteristics Displacement: 356 tons Length: 109 ft (33 m) Beam: 31 ft (9 m) ..
USS Accomac (YTL-18)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1891 Commissioned: 2 April 1898 Decommissioned: 3 April 1946 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 17 April 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 187 tons Length: 90 ft (27 m) Beam: 19 ft (6 m) Draft: 9 ft (3 m) S..
USS Achelous (ARL-1)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 August 1942 Launched: 25 November 1942 Commissioned: 2 April 1943 Decommissioned: January 1947 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 1 June 1973 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,100 tons Length: 328 ft (100 m) Beam: 50 ft ..
USS Achernar (AKA-53)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 September 1943 Launched: 3 December 1943 Commissioned: 31 January 1944 Decommissioned: 1 July 1963 Fate: Transferred to Spain Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 14,200 tons Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63..
USS Achigan (YTB-218)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 July 1943 Launched: 4 October 1944 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 410 tons Length: 110 ft (34 m) Beam: 27 ft (8 m) Draft: 11 ft 4 in (3 m) Sp..
USS Achilles
At least two United States Navy ships have borne the name Achilles, in honor of the Greek hero Achilles: The first Achilles was the name briefly given to the monitor Modoc on 15 June 1869. The second Achilles was an LST-1 class tank landing ship converted into an Achelous-class repair ship. Initial..
USS Achilles (ARL-41)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 3 August 1942 Launched: 17 October 1942 Commissioned: 30 January 1943 Decommissioned: 19 July 1946 Fate: Transferred to China Struck: 28 August 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,100 tons Length: 328..
USS Achomawi (ATF-148)
Career Ordered: 13 October 1943 Laid down: 15 January 1944 Launched: 14 June 1944 Commissioned: 11 November 1944 Decommissioned: 10 June 1947 Fate: Transferred to Maritime Administration Struck: 1 September 1962 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,675 to..
USS Acme
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Acme: USS Acme (AMc-61)USS Acme (MSO-508). ..
USS Acoma
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Acoma: USS Acoma (SP-1228)USS Acoma (YTB-701) ..
USS Acree (DE-167)
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USS Active
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Active: USS Active, a brigantine-rigged packet launched in 1779 and captured by the British man-of-war HMS Proserpine on 23 March 1782.USS Active, a schooner purchased in 1837 and sold in 1838.USS Active, a habour tug launched in 1988, sunk i..
USS Adams
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Adams, the first two after the second President, and the third after Lieutenant Samuel Adams, a hero of the Battle of Midway. The first Adams was a 28-gun frigate launched in 1799 and active in the War of 1812 until she had to be scuttled to..
USS Adams (1799)
(add image here) Career Laid down:1797 Launched:8 June 1799 Commissioned:?? Fate:scuttled 1814 General Characteristics Displacement:530 tons Length:113 ft ( m) Beam:34 ft ( m) Depth:10.8 ft ( m) Complement:220 officers and men Armament:24 x 12-pounder guns The first USS Adams was a 28-gun (rated)..
USS Adams (DM-27)
The USS Adams off San Francisco, California, 2 May 1945. Career Laid down: 20 March 1944 as Destroyer (DD-739) Redesignated: 20 July 1944 as Destroyer Minelayer DM-27 Launched: 23 July 1944 Commissioned: 10 October 1944 Decommissioned: December 1946 Redesignated: 7 February 1955 as Fast M..
USS Adder (SS-3)
USS Adder running trials in Long Island Sound, 1903 Career Ordered: Laid down:3 October 1900 Launched:22 July 1901 Commissioned:12 January 1903 Decommissioned:12 December 1919 Fate:Sunk as target General Characteristics Displacement:107 tons Length:64 ft (20 m) Beam:12 ft (4 m) Draft:11 ft (3 m)..
USS Adhara (AK-71)
The USS Adhara (AK-71) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named after the star Adhara in the constellation Canis Major, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. Adhara was laid down 16 September 1942 as liberty ship SS G. H. Corliss (M..
USS Adirondack
Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Adirondack, after the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Adirondack was a gunboat in the American Civil War that sank off the Bahamas, and whose wreck is visited by scuba divers. A passenger steamer Adirondack was commissioned into the Navy..
USS Adirondack (1917)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold 6 June 1922 Struck: 6 June 1922 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Motto: Underwriter, an iron-h..
USS Adirondack (AGC-15)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 November 1944 Launched: 13 January 1945 Commissioned: 2 September 1945 Decommissioned: 9 November 1955 Fate: Scrapped in 1972 Struck: 1 June 1961 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complem..
USS Admirable (AM-136)
Career (USA) Ordered: Laid down: 8 April 1942 Launched: 18 October 1942 Commissioned: 20 April 1943 Decommissioned: 18 July 1945 Struck: 1 January 1983 Fate: Transferred to the USSR, 18 July 1945 Career (USSR) Acquired: 18 July 1945 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Struck: ..
USS Admiral
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Admiral: USS Admiral (1917)USS Admiral (SP-967) ..
USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99)
Career Ordered:?? Laid down:26 February 1944 Launched:10 May 1944 Commissioned:13 June 1944 Fate:sold for scrap Decommissioned:24 April 1946 General Characteristics Displacement:7,800 tons Length:512.3 ft (156 m) overall Beam:65.2 ft (19.9 m) Extreme Width:108.1 ft (33 m) Draft:22.5 ft (6.9 m) Sp..
USS Admiral W. S. Sims (AP-127)
USS Admiral W. S. Sims (AP-127) was a transport in the United States Navy. Admiral W. S. Sims was laid down June 15, 1944, launched on June 4, 1945, commissioned September 27, 1945, and decommissioned June 21, 1946. ..
USS Admittance
USS Admittance - Little is known about Admittance, an American merchant brig operating along the California coast during the Mexican War. The United States sloop of war Portsmouth seized this vessel on 8 April 1847 at San Jose, Calif., for "trading with the enemy." Comdr. John B. Montgomery, comman..
USS Adroit
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Adroit: USS Adroit (SP-248)USS Adroit (AM-82)USS Adroit (MSO-509) ..
USS Adroit (SP-248)
USS Adroit (SP-248) was a steam yacht brought into the United States Navy, but never commissioned. Adroit was built as Winchester at City Island, New York in 1907 by Robert Jacobs. [#endnote_History] The first of a series of fast yachts of that name, her owner replaced her with a larger ..
USS Advance
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Advance: USS Advance (1850)USS Advance (1862)USS Advance (1917)USS Advance (YT-28)USS Advance (AMc-63)USS Advance (MSO-510) ..
USS Advance (1850)
Career Built: 1847 Loaned to Navy: 1850 Decommissioned: Fate: abandoned in artic, 1855 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 144 tons Length: 88 ft Beam: 21 ft 9 in Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Depth: 8 ft 5 in Complement: 17 officers and enlisted Armament: ..
USS Advance (1862)
Image caption (Link to large image) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:3 July 1862 Commissioned:28 October 1864 Decommissioned:31 October 1877 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement:880 tons Length:230 ft (70 m) Beam:26 ft (7.9 m) Draft:12 ft (3.7 m) Speed:12 knots (22 km/h) Complement: Arm..
USS Aeolus
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Aeolus: USS Aelous (1917)USS Aelous (AKA-47/ARC-3) ..
USS Affray
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Affray: USS Affray (AMc-112)USS Affray (MSO-511) ..
USS Agamemnon (Star Trek)
For other uses of the name Agamemnon, please see the Agamemnon (Disambiguation) page. The USS Agamemnon is a starship in the Star Trek science fiction universe. The ship was named for the Greek mythic figure who commanded the Greek forces during the Trojan War. She was one of the ships assigned t..
USS Agamemnon (USN)
The USS Agamemnon was a ship in the United States Navy from 1917 - 1919. She was built in 1903 in Germany as a passenger ship originally named the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. History As the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, the ship was built in the city of Stettinn(Szczecin) as a private passenger liner. As a ..
USS Agamenticus (1863)
Career Laid down:1862 Launched:19 March 1863 Commissioned:5 May 1864 Decommissioned:30 September 1865 Fate:Scrapped, 1874 General Characteristics Displacement:3395 tons Length:250 feet Beam:53 feet 8 inches Depth of Hold:15 feet Speed:8.5 knots Complement:150 officers and men Armament:four 15-inch..
USS Agawam
USS Agawam has been the name of several ships of United States Navy. Agawam, Massachusetts is a town in Hampden County. Agawam is a Native American word meaning lowland, marsh, or meadow. USS Agawam (1863), a double-ended, side-wheel, gunboatUSS Agawam (AOG-6), a gasoline tankerUSS Agawam (YTB-80..
USS Agawam (1863)
USS Agawam watercolor painting Career Ordered: Laid down: October 1862 Launched: 21 April 1863 Commissioned: 9 March 1864 Decommissioned: 31 March 1867 Fate: Sold on 10 October 1867 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 974 tons Length: 205 ft (62 m) Beam: 35 ft Draught:..
USS Agerholm (DD-826)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 September 1945 Launched: 30 March 1946 Commissioned: 20 June 1946 Decommissioned: 1 December 1978 Struck: 1 December 1978 Fate: sunk as a target, 18 July 1982 General characteristics Displacement: 2,425 tons full load Length: 390.5 ft (119&nbs..
USS Aggressive (MSO-422)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 May 1951 Launched: 4 October 1952 Commissioned: 25 November 1953 Decommissioned: 2 July 1971 Struck: 28 February 1975 Fate: Sold for scrapping May 1980 General Characteristics Displacement: 853 tons, full load Length: 172 ft (52 m) Beam: 35 ft (10.7..
USS Agile
Two ships of United States Navy have been named USS Agile: USS Agile (AMc-111), a wooden coastal minesweeper in service from 1941 to 1946.USS Agile (MSO-421), a non-ferromagnetic ocean minesweeper launched in 1955 and sold in 1980. References United States Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of Ame..
USS Ahoskie (YTB-804)
Career Ordered: 4 March 1969 Laid down: 23 June 1969 Launched: 14 January 1970 Commissioned: Decommissioned: 10 October 1995 Fate: In private service, Eastport, ME Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 341 tons Length: 109 ft (33 m) Beam: 31 ft ..
USS Ahrens (DE-575)
Watercolor of the USS Ahrens Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 5 November 1943 Launched: 21 December 1943 Commissioned: 12 February 1944 Decommissioned: 24 June 1946 Struck: 1 April 1965 Fate: Sold for scrap 20 January 1967 General Characteristics Displacement: 1400 tons standar..
USS Ajax
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Ajax: USS Ajax (1869)USS Ajax (1898)USS Ajax (AC-14)USS Ajax (AR-6) ..
USS Ajax (1869)
The USS Ajax during the Spanish-American War. Career Ordered: 15 September 1862 Laid Down: 28 September 1862 Launched: 18 December 1864 Commissioned: 1 January 1871 Decommissioned: 1 September 1898 Fate: sold, 10 October 1899 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,100 tons L..
USS Ajax (AR-6)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 May 1941 Launched: 22 August 1942 Commissioned: 30 October 1943 Decommissioned: 31 December 1986 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 16,200 tons full load Length: 529.5 ft (161 m) Beam: 73.2 ft (22.3 m) Draught: 23.3 ft (7.1 m) Propuls..
USS Akizuki (DD-961)
Akizuki (DD-961) was a modified Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy built as part of the Military Aid Program, laid down by Mitsubishi at Nagasaki in Japan on 31 July 1958, launched on 26 June 1959 and commissioned into the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. ..
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
ZRS-4 in flight, 1931(An airplane is passing over her bow.) Career Ordered: 6 october 1928 Laid down: 31 October 1929 Launched: 8 August 1931 Maiden flight: 23 September 1931 Commissioned: 27 October 1931 Fate: crashed in severe weather, 4 April 1933 General Characteristics Dead weig..
USS Akutan (AE-13)
USS Akutan (AE-13) was laid down on 20 June 1944 at Tampa, Fla., by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 17 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Rosswell B. Daggett, the wife of Capt. Daggett, USN, the supervisor of shipbuilding at Tampa; and commissioned on 15 February 1945, Comdr. R.C. Brown in ..
USS Al-Batani (NCC-42995)
The USS Al-Batani (NCC-42995) is an Excelsior class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. Commissioned in the mid-24th century. Under the commanded by then Captain Owen Paris with Kathryn Janeway as science officer also member of his crew. External links #redirect [[Template:Memoryalpha]]..
USS Alabama
There have been at least six United States Navy or United States Revenue Cutter Service ships named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama. The first Alabama was a 74-gun ship of the line, started in 1818, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship N..
USS Alabama (BB-60)
USS Alabama (BB-60), 1 December 1942, in camouflage. Note trunked tower foremast and funnel, similar to that used in the design of the later Iowa-class battleships. Career Laid down: 1 February 1940 Launched: 16 February 1942 Commissioned: 16 August 1942 Decommissioned: 9 January 1947 ..
USS Alabama (BB-8)
USS Alabama off New York City in 1912 Career Laid down: 1 December 1896 Launched: 18 May 1898 Commissioned: 16 October 1900 Decommissioned: 7 May 1920 Fate: bombing target, sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 11,565 t Length: 374' 10" (114 m) Beam:..
USS Alabama (SSBN-731)
Career Awarded: 27 February 1978 Laid down: 14 October 1980 Launched: 19 May 1984 Commissioned: 25 May 1985 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Bangor, Washington General Characteristics Displacement: 16,764 tons surfaced, 18,750 tons submerged Length: ..
USS Alacrity
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Alacrity: USS Alacrity (SP-206)USS Alacrity (PG-87)USS Alacrity (MSO-520) ..
USS Alamance (AKA-75)
A typical Tolland class AKA Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 September 1944 Launched: 11 November 1944 Commissioned: 22 December 1944 Decommissioned: 25 June 1946 Struck: 19 July 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 14,160 tons Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft..
USS Alameda (AO-10)
The first USS Alameda—a fuel ship—was laid down on 16 December 1918 at Philadelphia, Pa., by William Cramp & Sons for the United States Shipping Board (USSB); launched on 15 July 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Richard G. Widdows; acquired by the Navy from USSB on 17 October 1919; and commissioned tha..
USS Alamo (LSD-33)
Career (U.S.) Awarded: 18 March 1954 Laid down: 11 October 1954 Launched: 20 January 1956 Commissioned: 24 August 1956 Decommissioned: 28 September 1990 Fate: Loaned to Brazil, 12 November 1990 Struck: 24 January 2001 Career (Brazil) Acquired: 12 November 1990 Commissio..
USS Alaska
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Alaska in honor of the 49th state. The first USS Alaska was a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war that saw numerous small actions between the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.The second USS Alaska was a steam trawler chartered to ..
USS Alaska (CB-1)
Career Ordered: September 1940 Laid down: 17 December 1941 Launched: 15 August 1943 Commissioned: 17 June 1944 Decommissioned: 17 February 1947 Fate: Scrapped Struck: 1 June 1960 General characteristics Displacement: 27,000 tons Length: 806 ft 6 in (246 m) Beam..
USS Alaska (SSBN-732)
Career Ordered: 27 February 1978 Laid down: 9 March 1983 Launched: 12 January 1985 Commissioned: 25 January 1986 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Bangor, Washington Commanding Officer (BLUE Crew): Commander Robert V. James III, Commanding Officer (GOLD Crew): Commander J..
USS Albacore
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Albacore, for the albacore, a small tuna found in temperate seas throughout the world. The first Albacore was a motorboat, that acted as a section patrol boat during World War II. The second Albacore (SS-218), a Gato-class submarine, was los..
USS Albacore (AGSS-569)
Career Ordered: 24 November 1950 Laid down: 15 March 1952 Launched: 1 August 1953 Commissioned: 6 December 1953 Decommissioned: 9 December 1972 Fate: Donated as a Museum and Memorial Stricken: 1 May 1980 General Characteristics Displacement: 1240 tons light, 1540 tons full, 300 ton..
USS Albacore (SS-218)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 21 April 1941 Launched: 17 February 1942 Commissioned: 1 June 1942 Fate: lost, probably to a Japanese mine Stricken: 30 March 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons surfaced, 2424 tons submerged Length: 311 feet 9 inches Beam: 27 feet 3 inch..
USS Albany
Five United States Navy ships have borne the name Albany, after the city of Albany, New York. The first Albany (1846) was a 22-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1846 and lost at sea in 1854.The second Albany (1864) was a 14-gun screw sloop commissioned as Contoocook in 1868, renamed in 1869, and dec..
USS Albany (1846)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1843 Purchased: Launched: 27 June 1846 Commissioned: 6 November 1846 Decommissioned: Fate: Lost at Sea, Last seen 29 September 1854 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,064 tons Length: 163 ft 6 in (49.8 m) Beam:   32 ft 2 in (9.8 m)..
USS Albany (CA-123)
The USS Albany (CA-123), during her visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, between 18 and 23 June 1951. Note the radical difference in her appearance after her conversion to a guided-missile cruiser from a gun cruiser. Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 March 1944 Launched: 30 June 1945 Commissioned: ..
USS Albany (CL-23)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Purchased: 16 March 1898 Launched: February 1899 Commissioned: 29 May 1900 Decommissioned: 10 October 1922 Fate: Scrapped in 1930 Struck: 3 November 1929 General Characteristics Displacement: 3,340 tons Length: 354 ft 9½ in Beam: 43 ft 9 in Draught: 17..
USS Albany (SSN-753)
Career Awarded: 29 November 1983 Laid down: 22 April 1985 Launched: 13 June 1987 Commissioned: 7 April 1990 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia General Characteristics Displacement: 5746 tons light, 6148 tons full, 402 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362..
USS Albatross
USS Albatross has been the name of several ships of United States Navy. The first and third ships named Albatross retained their former names. The others were named for any of the large, web-footed sea birds. The albatross is a bird which superstitious sailors feel is bad luck to kill. USS Albatro..
USS Albatross (1861)
Career Launched: 1858 Commissioned: 25 June 1861 Decommissioned: 11 August 1865 Fate: sold at public auction, 8 September 1865 General Characteristics Displacement: 378 tons Length: 150 feet Beam: 30 feet Propulsion: steam engine Speed: 11 knots Armament: 1 8" Dahlgren smoothb..
USS Albatross (1882)
United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, in the 1890s. Career Ordered: 1881 Laid down: March 1882 Appropriation: 0,000 US Launched: 9 August 1882 Commissioned: 11 November 1882 Decommissioned: 29 October 1921 Fate: Sold 16 June 1924 Last known location, Hamburg, Germany General ..
USS Albemarle
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Albemarle, after the Albemarle sound in North Carolina. The first Albemarle was a schooner captured and taken into the Navy in 1863 and sold in October 1865. The second Albemarle was originally the ram CSS Albemarle, taken into the Navy in ..
USS Albemarle (AV-5)
The third USS Albemarle (AV-5) was laid down on 12 June 1939 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 13 July 1940; sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice C. Compton, the wife of the Honorable Lewis Compton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yar..
USS Albert David (FF-1050)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 April 1964 Launched: 19 December 1964 Commissioned: 19 October 1968 Decommissioned: 28 September 1988 Fate: Sold to Brazil 24 January 2001 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,400 tons full Length: 414 feet 6 inches Beam: 44 feet 1 inch Dra..
USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649)
Career Laid down: 20 December 1942 Launched: 29 May 1943 Commissioned: 24 November 1943 Decommissioned: 16 July 1945 Fate: Scrapped Struck: 14 April 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 2050 tons Length: 376,5 ft Beam: 39,7 ft Draft: 13,9 ft Propulsion: Speed: 35.2 k..
USS Albireo (AK-90)
The USS Albireo (AK-90) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name. It is named after Albireo, a star in the constellation of Cygnus. Albireo was laid down 17 January 1943 as liberty ship SS John G..
USS Albuquerque
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Albuquerque, after the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first Albuquerque (PF-7) was a patrol frigate commissioned in 1943, loaned to the Soviet Union in August 1945 and returned 1949, then loaned to Japan in 1953. The second Albuquerque (..
USS Albuquerque (PF-7)
Career (USN) Ordered: Laid down: 20 July 1943 Launched: 14 September 1943 Commissioned: 20 December 1943, 3 October 1950 Decommissioned: 16 August 1945, 28 February 1953 Struck: 1 December 1961 Fate: Returned to U.S. 9 July 1971. Fate unknown. Career (Soviet) Acquired: 17 A..
USS Albuquerque (SSN-706)
Career Awarded: 31 October 1973 Laid down: 27 December 1979 Launched: 13 March 1982 Commissioned: 21 May 1983 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Groton, Connecticut General Characteristics Displacement: 5758 tons light, 6120 tons full, 362 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (3..
USS Alcedo (SP-166)
Career Ordered: Built: 1895 Purchased: 1 June 1917 Commissioned: 28 July 1917 Decommissioned: Fate: sunk in enemy action, 5 November 1917 Struck: 17 December 1917 General Characteristics Displacement: 981 tons Length: 275 feet Beam: 31 feet Draught: 16 feet 4 in Propulsion: ..
USS Alcor
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Alcor: USS Alcor (AG-34)USS Alcor (AK-259) ..
USS Alden (DD-211)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 October 1918 Launched: 14 May 1919 Commissioned: 24 November 1919 Decommissioned: 15 July 1945 Fate: sold for scrap, 30 November 1945 Struck: 13 August 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) Beam: 31 ft ..
USS Alert
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Alert. During World War I, three ships held the name simultaneously. The first Alert was an 18 gun sloop-of-war captured from the United Kingdom in the War of 1812.The second Alert was a screw tug used in the American Civil War.The third..
USS Alert (1861)
Image caption (Link to large image) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1861 Commissioned:3 October 1861 Decommissioned:26 May 1865 Fate:Abandoned, 1886 General Characteristics Displacement:90 tons Length:62 ft (19 m) Beam:17 ft (5 m) Draft:6.5 ft (2 m) Speed:7 knots (13 km/h) Complement:15 Arma..
USS Alert (AS-4)
Alert, serving as tender for the Third Submarine Division of the Pacific Fleet, lying alongside the wharf at Kuahua Island, U.S. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, 22 August 1917. K-3 and K-4 are identifiable alongside; the unidentified "boat" is probably K-8. Career Ordered: Laid down: 1873 La..
USS Alexander Hamilton
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Alexander Hamilton, after Alexander Hamilton. The first Alexander Hamilton was a revenue cutter in service from 1871 to 1906, and a participant in the Spanish-American War.The second Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34) was a Coast Guard cutter commi..
USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617)
--> Career Awarded: 22 July 1960 Laid down: 26 June 1961 Launched: 18 August 1962 Commissioned: 27 June 1963 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 23 February 1993 General Characteristics Displacement: 7,250 tons surfaced, 8,250 tons submerged Length: 425 feet (129.6..
USS Alexander J. Luke (DE-577)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 5 November 1943 Launched: 28 December 1943 Commissioned: 19 February 1944 Designated DER: 7 December 1945 Decommissioned: 18 October 1947 Struck: 1 May 1970 Fate: Sunk as target 22 October 1970 General Characteristics Displace..
USS Alexandria
USS Alexandria has been the name of several ships of United States Navy. The Civil War steamer was named for Alexandria, Louisiana; and the World War II frigate for Alexandria, Virginia. The attack submarine honors both cities. USS Alexandria (1862)USS Alexandria (PF-18), a Tacoma-class patrol fri..
USS Alexandria (PF-18)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 June 1943 Launched: 15 January 1944 Commissioned: 11 March 1945 Decommissioned: 10 April 1946 Struck: 21 May 1946 Fate: Sold for scrapping 18 April 1947 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,430 tons (light), 2,415 tons (full) Len..
USS Alexandria (SSN-757)
Career Awarded: 26 November 1984 Laid down: 19 June 1987 Launched: 23 June 1990 Commissioned: 29 June 1991 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Groton, CT General Characteristics Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet) ..
USS Alfred (1774)
(add image here) Career Built:1774 Launched:1774 Purchased:November 1775 Fate:captured March 1778 General Characteristics Displacement:440 tons Length:140 Feet Beam:32 Feet Depth:15 Feet Complement:220 officers and men Armament:20 x 9-pounder 10 x 6-pounder guns USS Alfred was a man-of-war in t..
USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 February 1944 Launched: 3 August 1944 Commissioned: 23 November 1944 Decommissioned: 24 February 1971 Struck: 1 February 1974 Fate: sunk after being hit with five laser-guided bombs on 12 October 1979 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,20..
USS Alfred Wolf (DE-544)
Information from DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER The name Alfred Wolf was assigned to the John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, DE-544, on 26 October 1943. Her keel was laid at the Boston Navy Yard on 9 December 1943. However, due to changes in wartime shipping construction prio..
USS Algol
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Algol: USS Algol (AKA-54)USS Algol (T-AKR-287) ..
USS Algol (AKA-54)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 December 1942 Launched: 17 February 1943 Commissioned: 27 November 1943 Decommissioned: 23 July 1970 Struck: 1 January 1977 Fate: Sunk as part of the New Jersey Shark River artificial reef, 18 November 1991 General Characteristi..
USS Algonquin
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Algonquin: USS Algonquin (1863)USS Algonquin (1898)USS Algonquin (1918) ..
USS Algorma
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Algorma: USS Algorma (AT-34)USS Algorma (ATA-212) ..
USS Alice
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Alice: USS Alice (1898)USS Alice (SP-367) ..
USS Allegheny
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Allegheny: USS Allegheny (1847)USS Allegheny (AT-19)USS Allegheny (ATA-179) ..
USS Allegheny (1847)
The first USS Allegheny was an iron-hulled steam gunboat in the United States Navy. She was propelled by two eight-bladed horizontal wheels invented by Lt. William W. Hunter. She was named for the Allegheny River. Allegheny was laid down at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sometime in 1844 prior to 11 No..
USS Allen
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named for William Henry Allen. The first Allen was a galley built in 1814. The second Allen was a Sampson-class destroyer. ..
USS Allentown (PF-52)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 3 July 1943 Commissioned: 24 March 1944 Decommissioned: 12 July 1945 Struck: 1 December 1961 Fate: Returned to U.S. custody 12 July 1971. Fate unknown. Career (Soviet) Acquired: 13 July 1945 Returned to U.S. 15 October 1949 Career (Jap..
USS Allen (DD-66)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 May 1915 Launched: 5 December 1916 Commissioned: 24 January 1917 Decommissioned: 22 June 1925 Commissioned: 23 August 1940 Decommissioned: 15 October 1945 Fate: Sold for scrap, 26 September 1946 Struck: 1 November 1945 General Characteristics Displac..
USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)
Career Ordered: 7 August 1942 Laid down: 7 July 1943 Launched: 15 December 1943 Commissioned: 26 January 1944 Decommissioned: 15 August 1973 Struck: 15 August 1973 Fate: Sold for scrap to the Union Minerals & Alloy Corp. on 16 October 1974 for 3,132.00. Passed from Navy control: 6 De..
USS Alliance
Two United States Navy ships have been named USS Alliance. The first Alliance was a sailing frigate of the Continental Navy, and notable for firing the last shots of the American Revolutionary War, over a month after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The second Alliance was a screw gunboat commis..
USS Alliance (1778)
Career Laid down:1777 Launched:28 April 1778 Fate:sold 1785 Specifications Displacement:900t Length:151 ft (46 m) Beam:36 ft (11.0 m) Depth:12.5 ft (3.8 m) Armament:28 x 12 pdr (5 kg), 8 x 9 pdr (4 kg) Complement:300 officers and men The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36 gun s..
USS Alliance (1877)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 8 March 1875 Commissioned: 18 January 1877 Decommissioned: 7 July 1911 Fate: hulk was "disposed of" Struck: 9 August 1911 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,375 tons Length: 185 ft Beam: 35 ft Draft: 16 ft 4 in Propulsion..
USS Alligator
Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Alligator for the animal. The first Alligator was a schooner built in 1809 as Gunboat No. 166 and named Alligator in 1812. She was sold in 1815.The second Alligator was a sloop purchased in 1813. She was converted to a gunboat and captured ..
USS Alligator (1809)
Career Built: 1809 Commissioned: mid-1809 Decommissioned: Fate: sold on 12 June 1815 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 80 tons Length: 60 ft Beam: 16 ft Draft: Propulsion: Sail Speed: Range: Depth: 5 ft 11 in Complement: 40 officers and enlisted Armament: 4 g..
USS Alligator (1813)
Career Purchased: 1813 Commissioned: Fate: captured, 14 December 1814 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Sail Speed: Range: Depth: Complement: 8 Armament: 1 4-pdr. The second USS Alligator was a sloop in the United States..
USS Alligator (1820)
Career Laid down: 26 June 1820 Launched: 2 November 1820 Commissioned: March 1821 Fate: wrecked, 23 November 1822 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 198 tons Length: 86 ft Beam: 24 ft 7 in Draft: Propulsion: Sail Speed: 8 kts Range: Depth: 10 ft 4 in Complement: ..
USS Alligator (1862)
Career Laid down: Launched: 1 May 1862 Commissioned: 13 June 1862 Fate: sunk 2 April 1863 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 47 ft (14 m) Beam: 4 ft 8 in (1.4 m) Draft: Propulsion: (1862) Hand-powered oars (16 men) (1863) Hand-cranked propeller Speed: (1862)..
USS Alloway
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Allowy: USS Alloway (1918)USS Alloway (YT-170) ..
USS Allthorn
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Allthorn: USS Allthorn (YN-94)USS Allthorn (AN-70) ..
USS Alnitah (AK-127)
The USS Alnitah (AK-127) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named a spelling variation of the star Alnitak in the cnstellation Orion, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. Alnitah was laid down 10 December 1942 as liberty ship SS Jo..
USS Alpha
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Alpha: USS Alpha (1864)USS Alpha (SP-586) ..
USS Alsea (ATF-97)
USS Alsea (AT-97) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Alsea Native American tribe in Oregon. Alsea was laid down on 29 November 1942 at Charleston, South Carolina, by the Charleston Shipbuilding & Drydock Company; launched on 22 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Grace Wynn; an..
USS Altair
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Altair: USS Altair (AD-11)USS Altair (AK-257)USS Altair (AKR-291) ..
USS Altamaha
Two escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy have been named USS Altamaha, after the Altamaha River of Georgia. The first Altamaha (CVE-6) was transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion in 1942, becoming HMS Battler. The second Altamaha (CVE-18) served in the Pacific War from 1942 to 1..
USS Altamaha (CVE-18)
USS Altamaha (AVG-18/ACV-18/CVE-18) was an escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the river in Georgia. Altamaha was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 235) on 19 December 1941 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Ship..
USS Aludra
There have been two ships in the United States Navy named USS Aludra. The name is from the star Aludra in the constellation Canis Major. The first Aludra (AK-72) was a Crater-class cargo ship active from 1942 until it was torpedoed in 1943.The second Aludra (AF-55) was an Alstede-class stores ship a..
USS Aludra (AK-72)
The USS Aludra (AK-72) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named after the star Aludra in the constellation Canis Major, it was the first ship of the Navy to bear this name. Aludra was laid down 28 October 1942 as liberty ship SS Robert T. Lincoln..
USS Amberjack
Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Amberjack, named for a pair of species of vigorous sport fish found in the western Atlantic from New England to Brazil. The first USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine that was lost after a successful career during World W..
USS Amberjack (SS-219)
Career Laid down: 15 May 1941 Launched: 6 March 1942 Commissioned: 19 June 1942 Fate: lost Stricken: 22 March 1943 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) Length: 311 ft 9 in (95.0 m) Beam:   27 ft..
USS Amberjack (SS-522)
USS Amberjack (SS-522) Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 February 1944 Launched: 15 December 1944 Commissioned: 4 March 1946 Decommissioned: 17 October 1973 Stricken: 17 October 1973 Fate: sold to Brazil General Characteristics Displacement: 1570 tons surfaced, 2415 tons submer..
USS Amber (PYc-6)
Career Purchased: 23 December 1940 Commissioned: 3 March 1941 Decommissioned: 18 October 1944 Fate: sold to previous owner, 13 June 1945 Struck: 13 November 1944 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Depth: Complement: Ar..
USS America
Three United States Navy ships have been named USS America, after America, the large landmass of the Western Hemisphere. The first America was a 74-gun ship of the line laid down in 1777, but not launched until 1782, at which time she was given to France and used there for a few years before being ..
USS American Legion (AP-35)
USS American Legion at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 25 October 1941. Note her weathered dark grey camouflage paint, with white canvas lifeboat covers. Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 October 1919, as the passenger ship SS Badger State, at New York Shipbuilding corp., Camde..
USS America (1782)
(add image here) Career Laid down:May 1777 Launched:5 November 1782 Fate:given to France upon launching General Characteristics Displacement:1,982 tons (2,014 metric tons) Length:182.5 ft (55.6 m) Beam:50.5 ft (15.4 m) Draft:23 ft (7.0 m) PropulsionSail Complement:626 officers and men Armament:30-..
USS America (CV-66)
USS AmericaAugust 31, 1965 Career Ordered: 25 November 1960 Laid down: 9 January 1961 Launched: 1 February 1964 Commissioned: 23 January 1965 Decommissioned: 9 August 1996 Fate: sunk as a target 14 May 2005 Stricken: 9 August 1996 General Characteristics Displacement: 61174 tons lig..
USS Amesbury (DE-66)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 8 March 1943 Launched: 5 June 1943 Commissioned: 30 August 1943 Reclassified APD: 23 February 1945 Decommissioned: 3 July 1946 Struck: 1 June 1960 Fate: Sold for scrap 24 October 1962 General Characteristics Displacement: 1400..
USS Amethyst (PYc-3)
Career Built: 1931 Purchased: 4 November 1940 Commissioned: 27 February 1941 Decommissioned: 27 February 1946 Fate: sold to civilian service Struck: 12 March 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 350 tons Length: 146 ft 9 in Beam: 23 ft 6 in Draft: 11 ft Propulsion: Speed..
USS Ammen
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Ammen for Daniel Ammen. The first USS Ammen (DD-35) was a Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1910 and served in World War I. She served in the United States Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930. She was sold in 1934.The second USS Ammen (DD-527) wa..
USS Ammen (DD-35)
In Coast Guard service Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 March 1910 Launched: 20 September 1910 Commissioned (USN): 23 May 1911 Decommissioned (USN): 11 December 1919 Commissioned (USCG): 22 January 1925 Decommissioned (USCG): 18 May 1931 Fate: sold Struck: 5 July 1934 General Character..
USS Ammen (DD-527)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 November 1941 Launched: 17 September 1942 Commissioned: 20 March 1943 Decommissioned: 15 September 1960 Struck: 1 October 1960 Fate: Sold for scrap, 20 April 1961 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5&nbs..
USS Amphion
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Amphion. The first Amphion was launched in 1899 as a German passenger liner (Köln) and served as a transport during World War I. She was sold for scrap in 1924.The second Amphion (AR-13) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships. Commiss..
USS Amphion (1899)
Career Laid down: Launched: 1899 Commissioned: 12 April 1919 Decommissioned: 27 September 1919 Fate: sold for scrap, 1924 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 18,000 tons Length: 447 ft Beam: 54 ft 3 in Draft: 30 ft Propulsion: Speed: 12 kts Range: Complement: 85..
USS Amphitrite
Three vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Amphitrite, after the sea-goddess Amphitrite of Greek mythology. The first Amphitrite was the monitor Tonawanda renamed in 1869. The second Amphitrite was a monitor launched in 1883, commissioned in 1895, and active during the Spanish-Amer..
USS Amphitrite (BM-2)
Contents 1 Early Service2 Spanish-American War Service3 Training Vessel Service4 World War I Service5 Civilian Service6 See also7 References8 External links Early Service The second USS Amphitrite—the lead ship in her class of iron-hulled, twin-screw mo..
USS Amsterdam
Only one ship in the United States Navy has been named USS Amsterdam. An earlier ship, Amsterdam, was to have been a light cruiser numbered CL-59, but she was completed as the light aircraft carrier Independence (CVL-22). Amsterdam (CL-101) was a light cruiser, commissioned in 1945 and briefly part..
USS Amsterdam (CL-101)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 3 March 1943 Launched: 25 April 1944 Commissioned: 8 January 1945 Decommissioned: 30 June 1947 Fate: Scrapped Struck: 2 January 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,000 tons Length: 610 ft 1 in Beam: 66 ft 4 in Draft: 24 ft Propulsion: Speed..
USS Anchorage
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Anchorage. USS Anchorage (LSD-36) was decommissioned on October 1, 2003.USS Anchorage (LPD-23) is scheduled to be commissioned in 2009. ..
USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
USS Anchorage (LPD-23), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Anchorage, Alaska. InsertCaptionHere Career --> Awarded: June 1 2006 Laid down: 2006 (scheduled) Launched: 2007 (scheduled) Commissioned: 2009 (sched..
USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
Career Awarded: 29 June 1965 Laid down: 13 March 1967 Launched: 5 May 1968 Commissioned: 15 March 1969 Decommissioned: 1 October 2003 Struck: 8 March 2004 Fate: Awaiting planned transfer to Taiwan. General Characteristics Displacement: 14,095 tons (14,321 t) Full,   8,325 ton..
USS Ancon (AGC-4)
USS Ancon (ACG-4) was launched on 24 September 1938 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Company, sponsored by Mrs. Harry Woodring, wife of the Secretary of War; owned and operated by the Panama Railroad Company; and placed in service on 22 June 1939 for cargo and passenger service between New..
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Edwin Anderson, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient. Anderson was laid down on 15 November 1937 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 4 February 1939; s..
USS Andrew Doria
Two vessels of the United States, one in the Continental Navy and one in the United States Navy, have been named Andrew Doria, the anglicized name of Italian admiral Andrea Doria. The first Andrew Doria was a brigantine of the Continental Navy, notable as the first US ship to receive a salute from ..
USS Andrew Doria (1775)
InsertCaptionHere Career Purchased: November 1775 Fate: Burned to prevent capture November 1777 General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons Length: 75 ft (22.9 m) Beam: 25 ft (7.6 m) Depth: 10 ft (3.0 m) Propulsion: Sail Complement: 112 officers and men Armament..
USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 23 July 1960 Laid down: 26 April 1961 Launched: 15 September 1962 Commissioned: 3 July 1963 Decommissioned: 31 August 1989 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 31 August 1989 General Characteristics Length: 1143.3 meters (3751 feet) Propulsion: S5W r..
USS Angel Shark (SSGN-559)
USS Angel Shark (SSGN-559), a fictitious submarine apparently named for the angel shark, was the subject of an episode of the television show JAG. Her "SSGN" designation indicates a cruise-missile submarine with a nuclear propulusion plant. In the JAG story, Angel Shark was lost while on a cable-ta..
USS Angler (SS-240)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 November 1942 Launched: 4 July 1943 Commissioned: 1 October 1943 Decommissioned: 1 April 1967 Fate: sold for scrap Stricken: 15 December 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 1845 tons surfaced, 2415 tons submerged Length: 311 feet 8 inches Be..
USS Annapolis
USS Annapolis may refer to four ships of the United States Navy, named after Annapolis, Maryland, home of the United States Naval Academy: USS Annapolis (PG-10), a gunboat commissioned in 1897 and in periodic service until 1919, then used as a training ship until 1940USS Annapolis (PF-15), a Tacoma..
USS Annapolis (PF-15)
The USS Annapolis (PF-15), being launched sideways due to constrictions of the harbor. Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 May 1943 Launched: 16 October 1943 Commissioned: 4 December 1944 Decommissioned: 29 May 1946 Struck: 19 June 1946 Fate: Scrapped in 1964 General Characteristics Di..
USS Annapolis (PG-10)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 April 1896 Launched: 23 December 1896 Commissioned: 20 July 1897 Decommissioned: 1 July 1919 Fate: Struck: 30 June 1940 General Characteristics Displacement: 1153 tons Length: 203 feet 6 in Beam: 36 feet Draught: 12 feet 9 in Propulsion: Speed: ..
USS Annapolis (SSN-760)
Career Awarded: 21 March 1986 Laid down: 15 June 1988 Launched: 18 May 1991 Commissioned: 11 April 1992 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Groton, Connecticut General Characteristics Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 f..
USS Anthony
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Anthony, in honor of Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853–1899). Anthony (DD-172), was a Wickes-class destroyer, launched in 1918 and struck in 1936. Anthony (DD-266), was a Clemson-class destroyer laid down in 1918, but was ..
USS Anthony (DD-172)
Career Launched: 10 August 1918 Commissioned: 19 June 1919 Redesignated: DM-12, 16 November 1920 Decommissioned: 30 June 1922 Struck: 1 December 1936 Fate: Sunk as target, 22 July 1937 General Characteristics Displacement: 1191 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in (95.9 m) Beam: 31 ft 8 in (..
USS Anthony (DD-515)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 August 1942 Launched: 20 December 1942 Commissioned: 26 February 1943 Decommissioned: 17 April 1946 Fate: Transferred to West Germany, 1958 Struck: 15 April 1972 Career ] Acquired: 17 January 1958 Struck: 1976 Fate: Sunk as a target, 16 ..
USS Antietam
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Antietam, after the Civil War Battle of Antietam. The first Antietam was a sailing sloop launched in 1864 and used as a stores ship. The second Antietam (CV-36) was an aircraft carrier commissioned at the end of World War II, a combatant in ..
USS Antietam (CG-54)
USS Antietam sails off the coast of San Diego Career Ordered: 20 June 1983 Laid down: 15 November 1984 Launched: 14 February 1986 Commissioned: 6 June 1987 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,600 tons Length: 567 ft (1..
USS Antietam (CV-36)
The second Antietam (CV-36) was a Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier laid down on 15 March 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 20 August 1944 sponsored by Mrs. Millard E. Tydings, the wife of Senator Tydings of Maryland (the state in which Antietam is located); and commissioned on 28 J..
USS Antrim
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Antrim: USS Antrim (AK-159)USS Antrim (FFG-20) ..
USS Antrim (AK-159)
Antrim is lakeshore county in northwestern Michigan, organized in 1863; Bellaire is its county seat. The first Antrim (AK-159) is named for the county; the second Antrim (FFG-20) honors Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim. USS ANTRIM (AK-159) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hul..
USS Antrim (FFG-20)
USS Antrim (FFG-20), twelfth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Antrim was laid down on 21 June 1978, launched on ..
USS Anzio
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Anzio, in memory of the World War II landings at Anzio in Italy. The first Anzio (CVE-57) was an escort aircraft carrier originally commissioned as Coral Sea in August 1943, renamed Anzio in September 1944, and decommissioned 1946. The second ..
USS Anzio (CG-68)
Career Ordered: 16 April 1987 Laid down: 21 August 1989 Launched: 2 November 1990 Commissioned: 10 February 1992 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,600 tons Length: 567 ft Beam: 55 ft Draught: 33 ft Propulsion: 4 ..
USS Anzio (CVE-57)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 December 1942 Launched: 1 May 1943 Commissioned: 27 August 1943 Decommissioned: 5 August 1946 Fate: Scrapped Struck: 1 March 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 9,570 tons Length: 108'1" Beam: 65'2" Draught: 20' Propulsion: Speed: 19.3 knots ..
USS Apalachicola (YTB-767)
USS Apalachicola (YTB-767) was a United States Navy tugboat that operated at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. It underwent a main engine overhaul in 1993, during which time it was not active. In 1992, the Apalachicaola moved a crane barge from the shipyard to the Bremerton boardwalk. The crane placed ..
USS Apogon (SS-308)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 December 1942 Launched: 10 March 1943 Commissioned: 16 July 1943 Decommissioned: 29 April 1946 Fate: sunk in atomic bomb test, 1 July 1946 Struck: 25 February 1947 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526..
USS Apollo (AS-25)
Career Class: Aegir Laid down: 24 June 1943 Acquired: 31 December 1943 Launched: 6 November 1943 Commissioned: 31 December 1943 Decommissioned: 12 February 1947 Fate: Sold 1974 slated for scrapping Struck: 1 July 1963 General Characteristics Displacement: 16,500 tons Length: 492 ft ..
USS Appalachian (AGC-1)
USS Appalachian (AGC-1) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 200) on 4 November 1942 at the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 29 January 1943, sponsored by Mrs. John Frank Mclnnis; acquired by the Navy on 27 February 1943; converted at..
USS Appanoose (AK-226)
USS Appanoose (AK-226) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the United States Navy. A. J. Cassatt was laid down on 20 June 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2662) by the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 27 July 1944; sponsored by Mrs. A. J. Cassatt..
USS Aquamarine (PYc-7)
Career Built: 1925 Commissioned: 9 April 1941 Decommissioned: 21 June 1946 Fate: sold to previous owner, 1947 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 194 tons Length: 124 ft Beam: 20 ft 6 in Shaft: 1 Draft: Propulsion: 600bhp gasoline engines Speed: 12 kts Range: Dept..
USS Aquila
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Aquila after the constellation Aquila. USS Aquila (AK-47), a cargo transport in service from 1941 to 1945.USS Aquila (PHM-4), a Pegasus-class hydrofoil launched in 1981. Reference United States Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American N..
USS Aquila (PHM-4)
Career Yard: Boeing, Seattle, Washington Awarded: October 20, 1977 Laid down: July 10, 1979 Launched: September 16, 1981 Commissioned: June 26, 1982 Decommissioned: July 30, 1993 Fate: Sold August 19, 1996 General Characteristics Displacement: 255 tons full Length:..
USS Archerfish
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Archerfish, after the archerfish. The first Archerfish (SS-311) was commissioned in 1943, redesignated AGSS-311 in 1960 and used in oceanographic research, then sunk as a target in 1969. The second Archerfish (SSN-678) was in service from..
USS Archerfish (SS-311)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 January 1943 Launched: 28 May 1943 Commissioned: 4 September 1943 Decommissioned: 1968 Fate: sunk as a target Stricken: 1 May 1968 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) ..
USS Archerfish (SSN-678)
insert caption here(insert link to larger image here) Career Awarded:25 June 1968 Laid down:19 June 1969 Launched:16 January 1971 Commissioned:17 December 1971 Fate:submarine recycling Stricken:31 March 1998 General Characteristics Displacement:4206 tons light, 4505 tons full, 299 tons dead Length..
USS ARD-10
USS ARD-10 was an auxiliary repair dock in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. As was common with other auxiliary repair docks, it was only known by its designation and was not otherwise named. ARD-10 was commissioned in Alameda, California in October 1943 under command of Lt. Co..
USS ARD-9
USS ARD9 was commissioned at Alemeda, California on Sept 25, 1943. The ship was towed to San Francisco bay and anchored near Floating Drydock Training Center at Tiburon. It had 5 dockings before leaving the United States. The USS ARD9 left the US on Dec. 12, 1943 in a convoy of 5 ships: An AK s..
USS Arethusa (AO-7)
See USS Arethusa for other ships of the same name. The second USS Arethusa—a steam tanker built in 1893 at Stockton, England, by Craig, Taylor & Company as Lucilene—was purchased by the Navy on 12 August 1898 to support the Fleet during the Spanish-American War and was commissoned at the Phil..
USS Arethusa (IX-135)
USS Arethusa (IX-135) began life as Gargoyle—a tanker built in 1921 at Oakland, Calif., by the Moore Shipbuilding Co. and was renamed Arethusa by the Navy and designated IX-135 on 3 November 1943; acquired by the Navy on 23 March 1944 from the War Shipping Administration on a bareboat basis for ..
USS Argonaut
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Argonaut, after a relative of the octopus sometimes called the paper nautilus, which propels itself underwater by expelling a jet of water. The name may also have been inspired by the submarine of that name built in 1897 by Simon Lake that..
USS Argonaut (SS-166)
Career Laid down:1 May 1925 Launched:10 November 1927 Commissioned:2 April 1928 Fate:sunk by Japanese Stricken:26 February 1943 General characteristics Displacement:2170 tons surfaced, 4080 tons submerged Length:381 ft (116 m) Beam:33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) Draft:15 ft 4 in (4.7 m) Speed:15 knots (28..
USS Argonaut (SS-475)
insert caption here Career Laid down:28 June 1944 Launched:1 October 1944 Commissioned:15 January 1945 Decommissioned:2 December 1968 Stricken:2 December 1968 Fate:sold to Canada General Characteristics Displacement:1870 tons surfaced, 2416 tons submerged Length:311 feet 8 inches Beam:27 feet 4 in..
USS Argus (1803)
InsertCaptionHere Career Laid down: 12 May 1803 Launched: 21 August 1803 Fate: Captured, 14 August 1813 General Characteristics Displacement: 299 tons Length: 94 ft 6 in (28.8 m) Beam: 28 ft 2 in (8.6 m) Draft: 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) Propulsion: Sail Speed: Complement: 142 officers..
USS Arided (AK-73)
USS Arided (AK-73), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. Arided was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract as liberty ship SS Noah H. Swayne (MCE hull 500) on 20 September 1942 at Richmond, California, by the Permanente Metals Corporatio..
USS Ariel
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Ariel, after the sprite Ariel of The Tempest. The first Ariel, a 16-gun sloop-of-war, was originally the British HMS Ariel, captured by the French in 1779, loaned to the Americans in 1780, and given back to the French the following year. The ..
USS Ariel (AF-22)
Career Laid down: 1933 Leased: 24 March 1942 Commissioned: 14 May 1942 Decommissioned: 21 June 1946 Fate: Converted for merchant service Struck: 3 July 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 11,875 tons Length: 446 ft 10 in (136.2 m) Beam: 60 ft 3 in (18.4 m) Draft: 2 ft 2 ..
USS Aries (AK-51)
The USS Aries (1918-1952) was a United States Navy cargo ship. Contents 1 Construction2 World War I Service3 Between the Wars4 World War II Service5 After ..
USS Aries (NCC 7882-B)
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. USS Aries (NCC 7882-B) The U..
USS Aries (PHM-5)
Career Yard: Boeing, Seattle, Washington Awarded: October 20, 1977 Laid down: July 7, 1980 Launched: November 5, 1981 Commissioned: September 18, 1982 Decommissioned: July 30, 1993 Fate: Sold August 19, 1996 General Characteristics Displacement: 255 tons full Lengt..
USS Arikara (ATF-98)
USS Arikara (AT-98) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Arikara, a loose confederacy of subtribes of American Indians related to the Pawnee. The Arikara inhabited villages in the Missouri River valley. The Arikara was laid down on 10 January 1943 at Charleston, South Car..
USS Arizona
A total of three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Arizona. The first two ships predate both the territory and state of Arizona, but within the region of northern Mexico known as la Pimería Alta ("the Upper Pima Country") was a district called variously "Arizonac," "Ari..
USS Arizona (1858)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1858 Launched: Commissioned: 1859 Fate: Burned following accident onboard, February 27, 1865 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 959 tons Length: 200 feet Beam: 34 feet Draft: 8 feet Propulsion: Speed: 15 kts Range: Complement: 82 offi..
USS Arizona (BB-39)
For the memorial to USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor, see USS Arizona Memorial. Career Ordered: 4 March 1913 Laid down: 16 March 1914 Launched: 19 June 1915 Commissioned: 17 October 1916 Fate: sunk, Attack on Pearl Harbor General Characteristics Displacement: 31,400 ..
USS Arizona Memorial
The Arizona is both a tomb and a memorial. USS Arizona Memorial Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] Official NPS website: [USS Arizona Memorial]See [Remembering Pearl Harbor: The USS Arizona Memorial] — for a lesson about the USS Arizona..
USS Arkansas
Four ships of the United States Navy (and one of the Confederate States Navy) have been named USS Arkansas in honor of the 25th state. The first USS Arkansas (steamer), a wooden-hulled, barkentine-rigged, screw steamer originally named Tonawanda that saw action in the American Civil War.The second ..
USS Arkansas (BB-33)
Career Ordered: 3 March 1909 Laid down: 25 January 1910 Launched: 14 January 1911 Commissioned: 17 September 1912 Decommissioned: 29 July 1946 Fate: sunk by atomic bomb General Characteristics Displacement: 27,243 tons Length: 562 ft (171 m) Beam: 93.1 ..
USS Arkansas (BM-7)
The USS Arkansas during her initial fitting out. Career Laid down: 14 November 1899 Launched: 10 November 1900, as Arkansas Commissioned: 28 October 1902 Renamed: 2 March 1909, as Ozark Decommissioned: 20 August 1919 Fate: sold, 26 January 1922 General Characteristics Displacem..
USS Arkansas (CGN-41)
Career Laid down:17 January 1977 Launched:21 October 1978 Commissioned:18 October 1980 Decommissioned:7 July 1998 Fate:recycled General Characteristics Displacement:9,473 tons Length:585 ft ( m) Beam:63 ft ( m) Draft:30.5 ft ( m) Speed:30+ knots Complement:473 officers and men Armament:2 x 5-inch..
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
Career Ordered: 2 April 1985 Laid down: 6 December 1988 Launched: 16 September 1989 Commissioned: 4 July 1991 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 8,315 tons Length: 505 ft (153.9 m) Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m) Draught: 31 f..
USS Arlington
USS Arlington is the name of the following ships of the United States Navy. USS Arlington (AP-174), a Cape Johnson-class transportUSS Saipan (CVL-48), the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers, was converted into a command ship and renamed Arlington (AGMR-2). ..
USS Arlington (LPD-24)
USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the The Pentagon. Like her sister ships, New York and Somerset, she was named to commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks. Ca..
USS Armadillo (IX-111)
USS Armadillo (IX-111), the lead ship of her class of tanker was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the armadillo, an insect-eating mammal which has an armorlike shell encasing its back and head. Her keel was laid down as Sidney Howard (T. Z-ET1-S-C3), under a Maritime Commiss..
USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869)
USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 March 1945 Launched: 6 August 1945 Commissioned: 5 January 1946 Decommissioned: Fate: sold to Greece Stricken: 1 February 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 2425 tons Length: 390 feet 6 inches Beam..
USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 July 1940 Launched: 28 June 1941 Commissioned: 7 September 1942 Decommissioned: 21 October 1946 Fate: sold for scrapping, 9 May 1973 Struck: 1 October 1958 General characteristics Displacement: 18000 tons Length: 489 ft (149 m) Beam: 69 ft 9 in (21...
USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968)
USS Arthur W. Radford in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 27 November 2002 Career Ordered: 15 January 1971 Laid down: 31 January 1974 Launched: 21 March 1975 Commissioned: 16 April 1977 Decommissioned: 18 March 2003 Fate: Placed in reserve at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be disposed of in..
USS Artisan (AFDB-1)
USS Artisan (ABSD-1), a ten-section, non-self-propelled, large auxiliary floating drydock, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the title given to one trained to manual dexterity or skill in a trade. She was constructed in sections during 1942 and 1943 by the Everett Shipbuil..
USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 1 August 1918 Decommissioned: 30 March 1921 Fate: Sold 5 August 1921 Struck: 5 August 1921 General Characteristics Displacement: 136 Length: 92 ft Beam: 21 ft Draft: 10 ft 3 in Propulsion: Speed: 11 knots Range: Depth: ..
USS Asheville
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Asheville, for the town in North Carolina. The first Asheville (PG-21) was a gunboat that served in the Caribbean and off the China coast, and was sunk by Japanese forces early in World War II. The second Asheville (PF-1), a River-class patro..
USS Asheville (PG-21)
USS Asheville (PG-21), the lead ship of her class, was a gunboat that served in the United States Navy during both world wars. She was sunk by Japanese forces 3 March 1942, south of the island of Java, in what was then the Netherlands East Indies. The patrol gunboat Asheville (PG-21), commissioned..
USS Asheville (SSN-758)
Career Awarded: 26 November 1984 Laid down: 9 January 1987 Launched: 24 February 1990 Commissioned: 28 September 1991 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: San Diego, California General Characteristics Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Length: 110..
USS Ashland (LSD-1)
USS Ashland (LSD-1) was laid down on 22 June 1942 at Oakland, Calif., by the Moore Drydock Co.; launched on 21 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Jabez Lowell, the wife of Capt. Lowell who was then the inspector of naval material at San Francisco; and commissioned on 5 June 1943, Lt. Cmdr. F. J. Har..
USS Ashland (LSD-48)
Career --> Awarded: 11 December 1985 Laid down: 4 April 1988 Launched: 11 November 1989 Commissioned: 9 May 1992 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: NAB Little Creek, Virginia General Characteristics Displacement: 11,149 tons (light), 16,883 tons (full) Lengt..
USS Ashuelot (1865)
Career Ordered: 1863 Laid down: 1864 Launched: 22 July 1865 Commissioned: 4 April 1866 Fate: Wrecked, 18 February 1883 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1370 tons Length: 255 ft Beam: 35 ft Draft: 9 ft Propulsion: Speed: 8 kts Range: Complement: Armament: 4 8"..
USS Aspen
USS Aspen was a fictitious Los Angeles-class submarine, presumably named for Aspen, Colorado, in the movie Full Fathom Five. No ship of the United States Navy has ever been named Aspen. ..
USS Asphalt (IX-153)
USS Asphalt (IX-153), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for asphalt. Her keel was laid down in 1944 at San Francisco, California, by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyards. She was acquired by the Navy ..
USS Aspro
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Aspro for the aspro, a fish found abundantly in the upper Rhone River. The first Aspro (SS-309), a Balao-class submarine, served during the World War II. The second Aspro (SSN-648), a Sturgeon-class submarine, served during the Cold War..
USS Aspro (SS-309)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 December 1942 Launched: 7 April 1943 Commissioned: 31 July 1943 Decommissioned: 1 September 1962 Struck: 9 October 1962 Fate: sunk as a target, 16 November 1962 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 to..
USS Aspro (SSN-648)
Career Ordered: 26 March 1963 Laid down: 23 November 1964 Launched: 29 November 1967 Commissioned: 20 February 1969 Decommissioned: 31 March 1995 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 31 March 1995 General Characteristics Displacement: 4015 tons Length: 89 meters (292 feet) Propulsio..
USS Asp (1812)
Career Captured: 1812 Purchased: Commissioned: 6 February 1813 Decommissioned: Fate: Sold, 15 May 1815 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 57 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: 45 officers and enlisted Armament: 1 32-pdr., 2 6-p..
USS Asterion
USS Asterion has been the name of two ship of the United States Navy. USS Asterion (AK-100), a cargo ship that served during both World Wars.USS Asterion (AF-63) was originally named Arcadia Victory and was acquired by the Navy in 1961 as a store ship. ..
USS Asterion (AK-100)
The only surviving US Navy photo of the Evelyn/Asterion Career Ordered: Laid down: January 17, 1912 Launched: May 9, 1912 Commissioned: March 1942 Decommissioned: January 22, 1944 Fate: transferred to Coast Guard, then scrapped in 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement..
USS Astoria
At least three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Astoria, after the town of Astoria, Oregon. An Astoria was laid down in 1867, but renamed Omaha prior to commissioning. The first Astoria was seized by US Customs at the outbreak of World War I. The second Astoria (CA-34) was a heav..
USS Astoria (1917)
InsertCaptionHere Career Built: 1902 Named: SS Burbo Bank Renamed: SS Frieda Leonhardt Seized: 1917 Transferred to Navy: 22 May 1917 Converted: 1917 Commissioned: 15 Nov 1917 Decommissioned: 20 Apr 1921 Fate: Sold, 20 Dec 1921; Ran aground, 05 May 1943 Renamed: Hartwelson Struck: ..
USS Astoria (CA-34)
USS Astoria undergoing training off Hawaii, circa 8 July 1942. Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 September 1930 Launched: 16 December 1933 Commissioned: 28 April 1934 Fate: Sunk 9 August 1942 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,950 tons Length: 588 ft (179 m) Beam: 61 ft 9 ..
USS Astoria (CL-90)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 September 1941 Launched: 6 March 1943 Commissioned: 17 May 1944 Decommissioned: 1 July 1949 Struck: 1 November 1969 Fate: Sold for scrap 12 January 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,000 tons Length: 610 ft 1 in Beam: 66 ft 4 in Draft: 25..
USS Atakapa (ATF-149)
USS Atakapa (ATF-149) was an Abnaki-class of fleet ocean tug. It was named after the Atakapa Native American tribe that once inhabited territory which is now southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. The fleet ocean tug (ATF-149) was laid down on 17 February 1944 at Charleston, South Carolina..
USS Atik (AK-101)
The only surviving US Navy photo of AK-101, the USS Atik Career Ordered: Laid down: March 15, 1912 Launched: July 3, 1912 Commissioned: March 5, 1942 Decommissioned: Fate: Sunk in battle, 26 March 1942 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 610 tons Length: 382 ft 2 in Bea..
USS Atka (AGB-3)
USS Atka (AGB-3) was an ice breaker that served in the United States Coast Guard, under the USSR and the United States Navy. Construction began on July 20, 1942 in the Western Pipe and Iron Works shipyards in Los Angeles, California. On July 15, 1944, she was commissioned as USCGC Southwind (WAG..
USS Atlanta
Five United States Navy ships have borne the name USS Atlanta, after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The first Atlanta was originally a blockade runner, then the CSS Atlanta, then captured in 1863 and taken into the Federal Navy. The second Atlanta was a protected cruiser, one of the first steel ship..
USS Atlanta (1861)
The first Atlanta was an iron-hulled, schooner-rigged, screw steamer in the Confederate Navy, later captured and served in the United States Navy. Atlanta was built at Glasgow, Scotland, by James and George Thompson in the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard and was completed as Fingal early in 1861 and bri..
USS Atlanta (1884)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 November 1883 Launched: 9 October 1884 Commissioned: 19 July 1886 Decommissioned: 23 March 1912 Fate: sold to private owner Struck: 24 April 1912 General Characteristics Displacement: 3,189 tons Length: 288 ft 6 in Beam: 42 ft 2 in Draught: 19 ft 10 in ..
USS Atlanta (CL-104)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 January 1943 Launched: 6 February 1944 Commissioned: 3 December 1944 Decommissioned: 1 April 1970 Fate: Sunk as a target 1970 Struck: 1 April 1970 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,000 tons Length: 610 ft 1 in Beam: 66 ft 4 in Draft: 24 ft 10..
USS Atlanta (CL-51)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 April 1940 Launched: 6 September 1941 Commissioned: 24 December 1941 Fate: Sunk 13 November 1942 Struck: 13 January 1943 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,000 tons Length: 541 ft 0 in Beam: 52 ft 10 in Draught: 20 ft 6 in Propulsion: Speed: 33...
USS Atlanta (SSN-712)
Career Awarded: 1 August 1975 Laid down: 17 August 1978 Launched: 16 August 1980 Commissioned: 6 March 1982 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 16 December 1999 General Characteristics Displacement: 5732 tons light, 6160 tons full, 428 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet) Beam:..
USS Atlantis
USS Atlantis might refer to more than one ship in the United States Navy. USS Atlantis (SP-40) was a patrol boat used by the Navy from 1917 until 1919 along the east coast and the Great Lakes region. R/V Atlantis (AGOR-25) is an American oceanographic research vessel at the Woods Hole Oceanographic..
USS Atlantis (SP-40)
The USS Atlantis (SP-40), passing USS Maine (BB-10), prior to World War I Career Built: 1911 Acquired: 2 July 1917 Commissioned: 27 September 1917 Decommissioned: 7 May 1919 Struck: 7 July 1919 Fate: Sold, 30 October 1919 General Characteristics Displacement: 31 tons Length: ..
USS Attala (APA-130)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 July 1944 Launched: 27 September 1944 Commissioned: 30 November 1944 Decommissioned: 26 February 1946 Fate: transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal Struck: 20 March 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 12450 tons Length: 455..
USS Attu (CVE-102)
Career Ordered:?? Laid down:16 March 1944 Launched:27 May 1944 Commissioned:30 June 1944 Decommissioned:8 June 1946 Fate:sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:7,800 tons Length:512 ft (156 m) overall Beam:65.2 ft (19.9 m) Extreme Width:108.1 ft (33 m) Draft:20 ft ( m) Speed:19.3 knot..
USS Atule (SS-403)
Atule in the Kane Basin as part of Operation Nanook, an arctic-studies expedition Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 November 1943 Launched: 6 March 1944 Commissioned: 21 June 1944 Fate: sold to Peru Stricken: 15 August 1973 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:  ..
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), twenty-sixth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Aubrey Fitch (1883–1978). Ordered on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Aubrey Fitch was laid down on 10 April 1981 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works;..
USS Auburn
USS Auburn has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy. USS Auburn (1918), a steel-hulled freighter built for the United States Shipping BoardUSS Auburn (AGC-10), a Mount McKinley-class command ship ..
USS Auburn (AGC-10)
Career Laid down: 14 August 1943 Launched: 19 October 1943 Commissioned: 20 July 1944 Decommissioned: 7 May 1947 Struck: 1 July 1960 Fate: Sold in 1961 and scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 12,750 tons Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft (8...
USS Audacious
Only one ship in the United States Navy has been named USS Audacious. USS Audacious (AGOS-11) was an Ocean Surveillance Ship See also HMS Audacious for ships of the Royal Navy ..
USS Audacious (AGOS-11)
The ocean surveillance ship USS Audacious was bought by the US Government in 1941 from the Austro-Americana Line (Austrian flag). The ship was originally built in 1913 and named Belvedere. Built by Cantieri Navali Triestino, Monfalcone, Italy, the ship weighed 7,420 gross tons, was 437 (bp) feet lon..
USS Augusta
Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Augusta, the first four after the city of Augusta, Georgia, and the fifth after Augusta, Maine. The first Augusta was a 14-gun brig in use from 1799 to 1801. The second Augusta was the civilian side-wheel steamer Augusta built in 1853, purcha..
USS Augusta (1853)
Career Built: 1853 Purchased: 1 August 1861 Commissioned: 28 September 1861 Decommissioned: 6 January 1865 Fate: Sold, 2 December 1868; sank, 27 September 1877 Struck: General characteristics Displacement: 1310 tons Length: 220 ft (67 m) Beam: 35 ft 4 in (10.8 m) Draught: 14 ft 3 ..
USS Augusta (CA-31)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2 July 1928 Launched: 1 February 1930 Commissioned: 30 January 1931 Decommissioned: 16 July 1946 Fate: Scrapped in 1960 Struck: 1 March 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 9,050 tons (9,200 metric tons) Length: 600 ft 3 in (182.96 m) Beam: 66 ft..
USS Augusta (SP-946)
Career Built: 1912 Acquired: 1 August 1917 Commissioned: 11 August 1917 Decommissioned: 12 December 1918 Fate: Returned to previous owner General Characteristics Displacement: 93 tons Length: 103 ft Beam: 16 ft Draught: 5 ft Speed: 12.0 knots Complement: 14 officers and enlisted A..
USS Augusta (SSN-710)
Career Awarded: 31 October 1973 Laid down: 1 April 1982 Launched: 21 January 1984 Commissioned: 19 January 1985 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Groton, Connecticut General Characteristics Displacement: 5786 tons light, 6164 tons full, 378 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters ..
USS Augustus Holly (1861)
USS Augustus Holly was a schooner purchased at Baltimore by the United States Navy on 13 August 1861. She was to be laden with stone and sailed to the vicinity of Cape Hatteras and sunk as an obstruction to block one of the channels or inlets leading to the North Carolina sounds. The Stone Fleet wa..
USS Aulick
Two ships of United States Navy were named USS Aulick for John H. Aulick: The first Aulick (DD-258) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919, transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Burnham (H82) during World War II.The second Aulick (DD-569) was a Fletcher-class destroyer, ..
USS Aulick (DD-258)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 3 December 1918 Launched: 11 April 1919 Commissioned (USN): 26 July 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 8 October 1940 Commissioned (RN): 8 October 1940 Decommissioned (RN): Fate: scrapped, December 1948 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1308 t..
USS Aulick (DD-569)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 14 May 1941 Launched: 2 March 1942 Commissioned: 27 October 1942 Decommissioned: 18 April 1946 Struck: 1 September 1975 Fate: Transferred to Greece, 21 August 1959 Career (Greece) Acquired: 21 August 1959 Commissioned: Decommissione..
USS Ault (DD-698)
USS Ault (DD-698), 30 May 1944 Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 November 1943 Launched: 26 March 1944 Commissioned: 31 May 1944 Decommissioned: 16 July 1973 Struck: 1 September 1973 Fate: Sold 30 April 1974 and broken up for scrap. General Characteristics Displacement: 3,218 t..
USS Austin
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Austin. The first USS Austin, originally a sloop-of-war of the Texas Navy, was named in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin.The second USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort, honored Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin.The third USS Austin (LPD-4)..
USS Austin (DE-15)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 March 1942 Launched: 25 September 1942 Commissioned: 13 February 1943 Decommissioned: 21 December 1945 Fate: Broken up by the Terminal Island Naval Shipyard. Struck: 8 January 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,140 Length: 289' 5" Beam: 35' ..
USS Austin (LPD-4)
Career Awarded:21 September 1961 Laid Down:4 February 1963 Launched:27 June 1964 Commissioned:6 February 1965 Fate:Active in service as of 2006. General Characteristics Displacement:9201 tons light, 16914 tons full, 7713 tons dead Length:569 ft (173 m) overall, 548 ft (167 m) waterline Beam:105 f..
USS Avenge
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Avenge. The first, Avenge (AMc-66), was a Accentor-class minesweeper, launched in 1942 and struck in 1946.The second, Avenge (AM-423), was a Aggressive-class minesweeper, launched in 1953 and struck in 1970.Also, Assertive (AMc-65) was ori..
USS Avenger
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Avenger. The first, Avenger, was a side-wheel ram, transferred from the Army to the Navy in 1863, and decommissioned and sold in 1865.The second, Avenger (SP-2646), was a screw yacht, leased and commissioned by the Navy in May 1918, and..
USS Avenger (MCM-1)
Career Awarded: 29 June 1982 Laid down: 3 June 1983 Launched: 15 June 1985 Commissioned: 12 September 1987 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: NS Ingleside, Texas General Characteristics Displacement: 1,367 tons (1,390 t) Length: 224 ft (68.3 m..
USS Aylwin
Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Aylwin for John Cushing Aylwin. The first Aylwin was launched in 1813, fought in the Battle of Lake Champlain and sold in 1815.The second USS Aylwin (DD-47) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers, commissioned in 1914, served in World W..
USS Aylwin (DD-355)
Career Laid down: 23 September 1933 Launched: 10 July 1934 Commissioned: 1 March 1935 Decommissioned: 16 October 1945 Fate: Sold for scrap, 20 December 1946 Struck: 1 November 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,375 tons Length: 341 ft 3 in (104 m) Beam: 34&n..
USS Aylwin (DD-47)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 March 1912 Launched: 23 November 1912 Commissioned: 17 January 1914 Decommissioned: 23 February 1921 Fate: Scraped: Struck: 8 March 1935 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,156 tons Length: 305 ft 3 in (93 m) Beam: 30 ft 4 in (9.2 m) Draught: 9 ft ..
USS B-1 (SS-10)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 30 March 1907 Commissioned: 18 October 1907 Decommissioned: 1 December 1921 Fate: sunk as a target Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 145 tons Length: 82 feet 5 inches Beam: 12 feet 6 inches Draft: 10 feet 7 inches Propulsion: ..
USS B-2 (SS-11)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1 September 1906 Commissioned: 18 October 1907 Decommissioned: 12 December 1919. Fate: sunk as a target Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 145 tons Length: 82 ft 5 in (25 m) Beam: 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) Draft: 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m) Pr..
USS B-3 (SS-12)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 30 March 1907 Commissioned: 3 December 1907 Decommissioned: 25 July 1921 Fate: sunk as a target Homeport: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 145 tons Length: 82 ft 5 in (25 m) Beam: 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) Draft: 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)..
USS Babbitt (DD-128)
Career Launched: 30 September 1918 Commissioned: 24 October 1919 Decommissioned: 15 June 1922 Recommissioned: 4 April 1930 Reclassified: AG-102, 10 June 1945 Decommissioned: 25 January 1946 Fate: Sold 5 June 1946 Struck: 25 February 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 1211 tons..
USS Bache (DD-470)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 7 July 1942 Commissioned: 14 November 1942 Fate: Wrecked off Greece, 6 February 1968 Decommissioned: 1 March 1968 Struck: 1 March 1968 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376.4 ft (114.7 m) Beam: ..
USS Badger
USS Badger has been the name of at least three ships in the United States Navy. The first was named after the burrowing mammal, and the second after Commodore Oscar C. Badger (1823–1899). The third was named after four members of the Badger family associated with the U.S. Navy: Secretary of th..
USS Badger (1889)
USS Badger in 1898 Career Laid down: ?? Launched: 1889 Commissioned: 25 April 1898 Decommissioned: 31 October 1899 Fate: ?? General characteristics Displacement: 4,784 tons Length: 329.6 ft (100 m) Beam: 48.3 ft (14.7 m) Draft: 18.5 ft (5.6 m) Speed: 16 knots (..
USS Badger (DD-126)
Career Launched: 24 August 1918 Commissioned: 29 May 1919 Decommissioned: May 1922 Recommissioned: January 1930 Decommissioned: 20 July 1945 Fate: Sold 30 November 1945 Struck: 13 August 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1211 john klines Length: 314 ft 5 in (96 m) Beam: 31 f..
USS Badger (FF-1071)
Career Awarded: 22 July 1964 Laid down: 17 February 1968 Launched: 7 December 1968 Commissioned: 1 December 1970 Decommissioned: 20 December 1991 Struck: 11 January 1995 Fate: sunk as a target, 22 July 1998 General Characteristics Displacement: approx. 4,200 tons full load Length:..
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)
USS Badoeng Strait off coast of Korea in 1952 Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 15 February 1945 Commissioned: 14 November 1945 Decommissioned: 17 May 1957 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 10,330 tons Length: 557 ft 1 in (169.8 m) Beam: 105 ft 2 in (32.1..
USS Bagley
Four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Bagley, after Ensign Worth Bagley, killed in action during the Spanish-American War. USS Bagley (TB-24), a torpedo boat launched in 1900 and decommisioned in 1919.USS Bagley (DD-185), a Wickes-class destroyer, launched in 1918 and transfe..
USS Bagley (DD-185)
Career Launched: 19 October 1918 Commissioned (USN): 27 August 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 12 July 1922 Renamed (USN): Doran, 22 December 1939 Recommissioned (USN): 17 June 1940 Decommissioned (USN): 22 September 1940 Commissioned (RN): 22 September 1940 Decommissioned (RN): February ..
USS Bagley (DD-386)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 31 July 1935 Launched: 3 September 1936 Commissioned: 12 June 1937 Decommissioned: 14 June 1946 Struck: 25 February 1947 Fate: sold 3 October 1947 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light) Length: 341 ft 8 in (..
USS Bagley (FF-1069)
Career Ordered: 22 July 1964 Laid down: 22 September 1970 Launched: 24 April 1971 Commissioned: 6 May 1972 Decommissioned: 26 September 1991 Fate: Disposed of by Recycling, 19 September 2000 Struck: 11 January 1995 General Characteristics Displacement: 4190 tons Length: 437 ft Beam: 4..
USS Bailey
Three ships of United States Navy were named USS Bailey for Theodorus Bailey: The first Bailey (TB-21) was a torpedo boat, commissioned in 1901. She was re-named Coast Torpedo Boat No. 8 in 1918 and decommissioned in 1919.The second Bailey (DD-269) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 191..
USS Bailey (DD-269)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: February 1919 Commissioned (USN): 27 June 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 26 November 1940 Commissioned (RN): 26 November 1940 Fate: scrapped, July 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inc..
USS Bailey (DD-492)
The third USS Bailey (DD-492) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Theodorus Bailey. Bailey was launched 19 December 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Staten Island, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Mary de Peyster Charles, granddaughter of Admir..
USS Bainbridge
Five ships of the United States Navy have been or will be named USS Bainbridge, after William Bainbridge, a notable commodore of the early Navy. The first Bainbridge was a 12-gun brig commissioned in 1842 and lost off Cape Hatteras in 1863. She participated in the Paraguay expedition.The second Ba..
USS Bainbridge (1842)
Career Launched: 26 April 1842 Commissioned: 16 December 1842 Fate: Capsized, 21 August 1863 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 259 tons Length: 100 feet Beam: 25 feet Draft: 14 feet Speed: 11.5 knots Propulsion: Sail Complement: 100 officers and enlisted Armament: ..
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 May 1959 Launched: 15 April 1961 Commissioned: 6 October 1962 Decommissioned: 13 September 1996 Fate: Recycled 30 October 1999 Struck: 13 September 1996 General Characteristics Displacement: 7,800 tons Length: 172.1 m (565 ft) Beam: 17.6 m (57 ft 8 in)..
USS Bainbridge (DD-1)
USS Bainbridge in an Asiatic port, around 1915–1916 Career Laid down: 15 August 1899 Launched: on 27 August 1901 Commissioned: on 12 February 1903 Decommissioned: on 3 July 1919 Fate: Sold and scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 420 tons Length: 250 ft ..
USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 12 June 1920 Commissioned: 9 February 1921 Decommissioned: 21 July 1945 Fate: sold 30 November 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1216 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 8 inches Draught: 9 feet 10 in Propulsion: g..
USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
Career Ordered: 6 March 1998 Laid down: 7 May 2003 Launched: 13 November 2004 Commissioned: 12 November 2005 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,200 tons Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m) Draught: 3..
USS Bairoko (CVE-115)
Aerial view of USS Bairoko (CVE-115) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 25 January 1945 Commissioned: 16 July 1945 Decommissioned: 18 February 1955 Fate: Struck: 1 April 1960 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,330 tons Length: 667 ft 1 in (203.3 m) Beam: 105 ft 2 in (..
USS Balao (SS-285)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 27 October 1942 Commissioned: 4 February 1943 Decommissioned: 11 July 1963 Struck: 1 August 1963 Fate: sunk as a target, 4 September 1963 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2..
USS Balch
Two ships of United States Navy were named USS Balch for Rear Admiral George Balch. Balch (DD-50) was commissioned in 1914 and decommissioned in 1922.Balch (DD-363) was commissioned in 1936 and decommissioned in 1945. ..
USS Balch (DD-363)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 May 1934 Launched: 24 March 1936 Commissioned: 20 October 1936 Decommissioned: 19 October 1945 Fate: scrapped in 1946 Struck: 1 November 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1850 tons Length: 381 feet 1 inch Beam: 36&nb..
USS Balch (DD-50)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 December 1912 Commissioned: 26 March 1914 Decommissioned: 20 June 1922 Fate: Scrapped, 1935 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,036 tons Length: 305 ft 3 in (93 m) Beam: 31 ft 2 in (9.5 m) Draught: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) Propulsion..
USS Balduck (APD-132)
USS BalduckUSN Photo National Archives #80-6-6371218 Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 June 1944 Launched: 27 October 1944 Commissioned: 7 May 1945 Decommissioned: 28 February 1958 Struck: 15 July 1975 Fate: Sold for scrap, 1 December 1976 General Characteristics Displacement: ..
USS Baldwin (DD-624)
USS Baldwin (DD-624) In the Suez Canal, 9 February 1945. Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 July 1941 Launched: 14 June 1942 Commissioned: 30 April 1943 Decommissioned: 20 June 1946 Struck: 1 June 1961 Fate: Scuttled 5 June 1961 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630 t..
USS Ballard
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Ballard for Edward J. Ballard. The first Ballard was a small galley, built in 1813 and sold in 1816.The second Ballard (DD-267/AVD-10) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945. ..
USS Ballard (DD-267)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 7 December 1918 Commissioned: 5 June 1919 Decommissioned: 5 December 1946 Fate: sold 23 May 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 8 inches Draught: 9 feet 10 inches Propulsion:..
USS Baltimore
Six United States Navy ships have been named Baltimore, after the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The first Baltimore, a brigantine of 12 guns, was built in 1777 at Baltimore, Maryland, and fitted out as a dispatch or packet vessel. She was used at times for the protection of the coast along the Delaw..
USS Baltimore (1798)
(insert image and caption here) Career Laid down:1798 Purchased:23 May 1798 Launched:?? Commissioned:?? Decommissioned:1801 Fate:sold General Characteristics Displacement:422 tons Length:103.8 ft Beam:30.7 ft Draft:?? Complement:180 officers and men Armament:18 x 9-pounders, 6 x 4-pounders The se..
USS Baltimore (1861)
(insert image and caption here) Career Launched:1848 Commissioned:April 1861 Decommissioned: Sold:24 June 1865 Fate:sold General Characteristics Displacement:500 tons Length:200 ft (61 m) Beam:26.7 ft (8.1 m) Depth:10 ft (3 m) Complement: Armament:1 x 32 pounder (15 kg) The third USS Baltimore wa..
USS Baltimore (C-3)
USS Baltimore anchored in Honolulu, HI Career Laid down:5 May 1887 Launched:6 October 1888 Commissioned:7 January 1890 Decommissioned:15 September 1922 Fate:sold 16 February 1942 General Characteristics Displacement:4,413 tons Length:336 ft (102 m) Beam:48 ft 6 in (14.8 m) Draft:20 ft 6 in (6.3 ..
USS Baltimore (CA-68)
USS Baltimore (CA-68) Career Ordered: Laid down: 26 May 1941 Launched: 28 July 1942 Commissioned: 15 April 1943 Decommissioned: 31 May 1956 Struck: February 1971 Fate: Scrapped in 1972 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,600 tons Length: 673 ft 5 in (205.3 m) Beam: 70 ft 10 i..
USS Baltimore (SSN-704)
Career Awarded: 31 October 1973 Laid down: 21 May 1979 Launched: 13 December 1980 Commissioned: 24 July 1982 Decommissioned: 10 July 1998 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 10 July 1998 General Characteristics Displacement: 5714 tons light, 6087 tons full, 373 tons dead Length: 110...
USS Bancroft
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Bancroft for George Bancroft: The first Bancroft was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned in 1893 and decommissioned in 1906.The second Bancroft (DD-256) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and transferred to the Royal Canadian ..
USS Bancroft (DD-256)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 March 1919 Commissioned (USN): 30 June 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 24 September 1940 Commissioned (RCN): 24 September 1940 Decommissioned (RCN): 1945 Fate: declared surplus Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,216 tons Lengt..
USS Bancroft (DD-598)
The third USS Bancroft (DD-598) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for George Bancroft. Bancroft was launched 31 December 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Hester Bancroft Barry, great-granddaughter of..
USS Bang (SS-385)
Career Laid down: 30 April,1943 Launched: 30 August 1943 Commissioned: 4 December 1943 Decommissioned: 1 October 1972 Struck: 18 November 1974 after being sold to Spain Fate: 1983 scrapped by the Spanish government General Characteristics Displacement: surfaced: 1,526 tons, sub..
USS Bannock (ATF-81)
The Bannock are an Indian tribe in southern Idaho. Bannock (AT-81) was launched 7 January 1943 by Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, SC, sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Carswell, widow of Chief Petty Officer Carswell; commissioned 28 June 1943, Lieutenant S. P. Morgan in command; a..
USS Barb
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Barb, named in honor of the barb, a kingfish of the Atlantic coast. The first Barb, (SS-220), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1942 and struck in 1972. The second Barb, (SSN-596), was a Permit-class submarine, commissioned in 19..
USS Barbel
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Barbel, after the barbel, a type of European carp. The first Barbel (SS-316), a Balao-class submarine, was commissioned in April 1944 and lost sometime in February 1945. (see other ships lost for more lost ships) The second Barbel (SS-580..
USS Barbel (SS-316)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 14 November 1943 Commissioned: 3 April 1944 Fate: sunk, probably by Japanese Stricken: 16 February 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons Length: 311 ft 9 in (95 m) Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m) Draft: 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) Speed: 20...
USS Barbel (SS-580)
Career Ordered: 24 August 1955 Laid down: 18 May 1956 Launched: 19 July 1958 Commissioned: 17 January 1959 Decommissioned: 4 December 1989 Fate: Disposed of as a target Stricken: 17 January 1990 General Characteristics Displacement: 2146 tons full, 1744 tons light,   402 ton..
USS Barbero (SS-317)
Career Laid down:25 March 1943 Launched:12 December 1943 Commissioned:29 April 1944 Fate:sunk as a target Struck:1 July 1964 General Characteristics Displacement:1526 tons surfaced, 2391 tons submerged Length:311.7 ft Beam:27.2 ft Draft:16.8 ft Speed:20.3 knots surfaced, 8.8 knots submerged Test ..
USS Barber (DE-161)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 27 April 1943 Launched: 30 May 1943 Commissioned: 10 October 1943 Reclassified APD: 23 October 1944 Decommissioned: 22 March 1946 Struck: 27 November 1968 Fate: Sold to Mexico 17 February 1969, renamed Coahuila (B-7) still in serv..
USS Barb (SS-220)
“The Submarine that sank the most tonnage by Japanese Records” Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 June 1941 Launched: 2 April 1942 Commissioned: 8 July 1942 Decommissioned: 13 December 1954 Fate: transferred to Italy, 13 December 1954 Stricken: 15 October 1972 General Characterist..
USS Barb (SSN-596)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 November 1959 Launched: 22 February 1962 Commissioned: 24 August 1963 Decommissioned: 20 December 1989 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 20 December 1989 General Characteristics Displacement: 4400 tons Length: 278 feet (84.7 m) Beam: 31 feet (9.4 m) ..
USS Barite (IX-161)
USS Barite (IX-161), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for barite, a yellow or white crystalline mineral found in metallic veins, resembling marble. Her keel was laid down under a Maritime Commissi..
USS Barker (DD-213)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 April 1919 Launched: 11 September 1919 Commissioned: 27 December 1919 Decommissioned: 18 July 1945 Fate: sold 30 November 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches (95.8 m) Beam: 31 feet 8 inches (9.7 m) ..
USS Barnes (CVE-20)
The second USS Barnes (AVG-20/ACV-20/CVE-20) was a carrier in the United States Navy. Barnes was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract; transferred to the Navy 1 May 1942; launched 22 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. G. L. Hutchinson, w..
USS Barney
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Barney for Commodore Joshua Barney. The first USS Barney (TB-25) was a torpedo boat.The second USS Barney (DD-149) was a Wickes-class destroyer.The third USS Barney (DDG-6) was a Charles F. Adams guided missile destroyer Additionally, USS Co..
USS Barney (DD-149)
Career Launched: 5 September 1918 Commissioned: 14 March 1919 Decommissioned: 30 June 1922 Recommissioned: 1 May 1930 Reclassified: AG-113, 30 June 1945 Decommissioned: 30 November 1945 Fate: Sold 13 October 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1154 tons Length: 314 ft..
USS Barney (DDG-6)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 28 March 1957 Laid down: 10 August 1959 Launched: 10 December 1960 Commissioned: 11 August 1962 Decommissioned: 17 December 1990 Fate: Held by Navy, awaiting disposition Struck: 20 November 1992 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,526 Tons ..
USS Baron DeKalb (1861)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 12 October 1861 Commissioned: Struck: Fate: Sunk General Characteristics Displacement: 512 tons Length: 175 ft (53.3 m) Beam: 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m) Draft: 6 ft (1.8 m) Propulsion: Speed: 9 mph (14 km/h) Complement: 251 ..
USS Barracuda
Three submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Barracuda, for the barracuda, a voracious, pike-like fish. SS-21 was to be named Barracuda, but in 1911, before she was commissioned, her name was changed to F-2.The first commissioned Barracuda (SF-4/SS-163) was originally named V-1 wh..
USS Barracuda (SS-163)
Career Launched:17 July 1924 Commissioned:1 October 1924 Decommissioned:3 March 1945 Fate:sold Struck:16 November 1945 General Characteristics Displacement:2000 tons Length:341 ft 6 in (104 m) Beam:27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) Draft:15 ft 11 in (4.9 m) Speed:18.7 knot (35 km/h) Complement:56 officers and ..
USS Barracuda (SSK-1)
Career Laid down:1 July 1949 Launched:2 March 1951 Commissioned:10 November 1951 Fate:scrapped General Characteristics Displacement:765 tons Length:196 feet 1 inch Beam:24 feet 7 inches Draft:14 feet 5 inches Speed:13 knots Complement:37 officers and men USS Barracuda (SSK-1), the lead ship o..
USS Barry
Four ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Barry in honor of John Barry. All ships were destroyers. The first Barry (DD-2) served in the early 1900s. The second Barry (DD-248) served during World War II. The third Barry (DD-933) served from 1954 to 1982 and is currently a museum ship ..
USS Barry (DD-2)
Career Laid down: 2 September 1899 Launched: 22 March 1902 Commissioned: 24 November 1902 Decommissioned: 28 June 1919 Struck: 15 September 1919 Fate: Sold for scrap, on 3 January 1920 General Characteristics Displacement: 420 tons Length: 250 ft (76.2 m) Beam: 23 ft..
USS Barry (DD-248)
Career Launched: 26 July 1919 Commissioned: reserve: 28 December 1920 fully: 15 November 1921 Reclassified: APD-29, 15 January 1944 Decommissioned: 21 June 1945 Fate: Sunk by enemy action, 21 June 1945 Struck: 21 June 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 f..
USS Barry (DD-933)
Career Laid down: 15 March 1954 Launched: 1 October 1955 Commissioned: 7 September 1956 Decommissioned: 5 November 1982 Fate: museum ship Struck: 31 January 1983 General Characteristics Displacement: 4050 tons Length: 418 ft 6 in (128 m) Beam: 45 ft (13.7&n..
USS Barry (DDG-52)
Career Ordered: 26 May 1987 Laid down: 26 February 1990 Launched: 10 May 1991 Commissioned: 12 December 1992 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 8,315 tons (8,448 t) Length: 505 ft (153.9 m..
USS Barr (DE-576)
USS Barr (APD-39) shown after conversion to Auxiliary High Speed Transport. Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 November 1943 Launched: 28 December 1943 Commissioned: 16 February 1944 Decommissioned: 12 July 1946 Struck: 1 June 1960 Fate: Sunk as a target off Puerto Rico, 23 March..
USS Barton
Two ships of the United States Navy were named USS Barton for Rear Admiral John Kennedy Barton. Barton (DD-599)Barton (DD-722) ..
USS Barton (DD-599)
The first USS Barton (DD-599) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Kennedy Barton. Barton was launched 31 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Miss Barbara Dean Barton, granddaughter of Admir..
USS Barton (DD-722)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 May 1943 Launched: 10 October 1943 Commissioned: 30 December 1943 Decommissioned: 30 September 1968 Struck: 1 October 1968 Fate: sunk as target off Virginia 8 October 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons Length: 376 ft 6 in ..
USS Bashaw (SS-241)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 December 1942 Launched: 25 July 1943 Commissioned: 25 October 1943 Decommissioned (last): 13 September 1969 Struck: 13 September 1969 Fate: sunk as a target, July 1972 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,52..
USS Bass (SS-164)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:27 December 1924 Commissioned:26 September 1925 Decommissioned:3 March 1945 Fate: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement:2000 tons Length:341 feet 6 inches Beam:27 feet 7 inches Draft:16 feet 11 inches Speed:18.7 knots Complement:66 officers and men Arm..
USS Bass (SSK-2)
Career Ordered: Laid down:23 February 1950 Launched:2 May 1951 Commissioned:16 November 1952 Fate: Stricken:1965 General Characteristics Displacement:765 tons Length:196 feet Beam:24 feet 7 inches Draft:14 feet 5 inches Speed:13 knots Complement:37 officers and men Armament:4 x 21 in (533 mm) tor..
USS Bataan
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bataan, after the Bataan Peninsula, the scene of doomed American resistance in April 1942. The first Bataan (CVL-29) was a light aircraft carrier that served in both World War II and the Korean War. The second Bataan (LHD-5) is an amphibious a..
USS Bataan (CVL-29)
USS Bataan (CVL-29), originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II. Buffalo (CL-99) was reclassified CV-29 and renamed Bataan on 2 June 1942, ..
USS Bataan (LHD-5)
Career Ordered: 20 December 1991 Laid down: 22 June 1994 Launched: 15 March 1996 Commissioned: 20 September 1997 Decommissioned: Struck: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. General Characteristics Displacement: 40,358 tons fully loaded (41,006 metric tons) Length: 844 ft (253.2..
USS Bates (DE-68)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 6 June 1943 Commissioned: 13 September 1943 Fate: Sunk by enemy action off Okinawa on 25 May 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1400 tons light, 1673 tons standard Length: 306 ft (93 m) Beam: 37 ft (..
USS Batfish
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Batfish, named in honor of the batfish, any of several fishes; a pediculate fish of the West Indies, the flying gurnard of the Atlantic, or a California sting ray. The first Batfish, (SS-310), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1..
USS Batfish (SS-310)
Batfish (SS-310), at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 December 1942 Launched: 6 May 1943 Commissioned: 21 August 1943 Decommissioned: 1 November 1969 Struck: 28 February 1972 Fate: Museum ship in Muskogee, OK General Characteristics Displacement,   Surf..
USS Batfish (SSN-681)
Career Ordered: 25 June 1968 Laid down: 9 February 1970 Launched: 9 October 1971 Commissioned: 1 September 1972 Decommissioned: 17 March 1999 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 17 March 1999 General Characteristics Displacement: 4195 tons light, 4501 tons full, 306 tons dead Length:..
USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689)
Career Awarded: 8 January 1971 Laid down: 18 November 1972 Launched: 26 April 1975 Commissioned: 25 June 1977 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 13 January 1995 General Characteristics Displacement: 5780 tons light, 6143 tons full, 363 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet) Bea..
USS Bauer (DE-1025)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 December 1955 Launched: 7 June 1957 Commissioned: 21 November 1957 Decommissioned: 3 December 1973 Struck: 3 December 1973 Fate: Sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 1,877 tons (full) Length: 314.5 ft (95.9 m) overall Beam: ..
USS Bauxite (IX-154)
USS Bauxite (IX-154), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for bauxite, a mineral compound of several hydrous aluminum oxides. Her keel was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (T. B7 D1, M..
USS Baya (SS-318)
Baya (AGSS-318), post-conversion in 1959. Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 2 January 1944 Commissioned: 20 May 1944 Decommissioned: 30 October 1972 Struck: 30 October 1972 Fate: sold for scrap, 12 October 1973 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced: &nbs..
USS Beagle (IX-112)
USS Beagle (IX-112), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the beagle, a breed of small, short-coated hunting hound. Her keel was laid down by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, Ca..
USS Beale
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Beale, named in honor of Edward Fitzgerald Beale. The first Beale, (DD-40), was a Paulding-class destroyer, commissioned in 1912 and scrapped in 1934. The second Beale, (DD-471), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, commissioned in 1942 and str..
USS Beale (DD-40)
In Coast Guard service Career Launched: 30 April 1912 Commissioned (USN): 30 August 1912 Decommissioned (USN): 25 October 1919 Commissioned (USCG): 26 October 1924 Decommissioned (USCG): 1 June 1930 Fate: Sold for scrap, 1934 General Characteristics Displacement: 742 tons Le..
USS Beale (DD-471)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 December 1941 Launched: 24 August 1942 Commissioned: 23 December 1942 Decommissioned: 20 September 1968 Struck: 1 October 1968 Fate: Sunk as target, 24 June 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 3..
USS Bearss (DD-654)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 July 1942 Launched: 25 July 1943 Commissioned: 12 April 1944 Decommissioned: 1963 Struck: 1 December 1974 Fate: Sold for scrap, 14 April 1976 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 i..
USS Beatty
USS Beatty has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy: Beatty (DD-640), a Gleaves-class destroyer, which served from 1942 until she was torpedoed off Algeria by German planes in 1943.Beatty (DD-756), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which served from 1945 until 1972. ..
USS Beatty (DD-640)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 May 1941 Launched: 20 December 1941 Commissioned: 7 May 1942 Fate: Sunk by German aircraft off Cape Bougaroun Algeria, 6 November 1943 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630 tons Length: 348 ft 3 in (106.1&nbs..
USS Beatty (DD-756)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 July 1944 Launched: 30 November 1944 Commissioned: 31 March 1945 Decommissioned: 14 July 1972 Struck: 14 July 1972 Fate: To Venezuela 14 July 1972 renamed Carabobo, Stricken and scraped in 1981. General Characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons ..
USS Becuna (SS-319)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 April 1943 Launched: 30 January 1944 Commissioned: 27 May 1944 Decommissioned: 7 November 1969 Struck: 15 August 1973 Fate: Museum ship, Philadelphia, PA. General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (155..
USS Bedford (DLG-113)
USS Bedford (DLG-113) was a fictitious guided missile destroyer presumably named for one or more of the cities named Bedford in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Virginia, and Vermont. It was the setting of the 1965 movie The Bedford Incident, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. The role ..
USS Begor (APD-127)
USS Begor (APD-127) stands offshore during the evacuation and demolition of Hungnam, Korea, 24 December 1950. Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 6 March 1944 Launched: 25 May 1944 Commissioned: 14 March 1945 Decommissioned: 20 July 1959 Struck: 15 May 1975 Fate: Sold for scrap, 6 Dece..
USS Belknap
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Belknap, after Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap, with the second also honoring his son Reginald Rowan Belknap. The first Belknap (DD-251) was a destroyer launched in 1919, also serving later as a seaplane tender and a high-speed transport, f..
USS Belknap (DD-251)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 14 January 1919 Commissioned: 28 April 1919 Decommissioned: 4 August 1945 Fate: sold 30 November 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 ft 4 in (96 m) Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) Draught: 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) Pr..
USS Belknap (DLG-26)
Career Ordered: 16 May 1961 Laid down: 5 February 1962 Launched: 20 July 1963 Commissioned: 7 November 1964 Decommissioned: 15 February 1995 Fate: sunk as a target on 24 September 1998 Struck: 15 December 1995 General Characteristics Displacement: 8957 tons Length: 547 ft Beam: 55 f..
USS Bell
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bell for Henry H. Bell. The first USS Bell (DD-95) was a Wickes-class destroyer.The second USS Bell (DD-587) was a Fletcher-class destroyer from 1943 to 1946. See also: USS Jacob BellUSS J. Franklin Bell (AP-34/APA-16) ..
USS Bellatrix
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Bellatrix. The first USS Bellatrix (AK-20/AKA-3) was an attack cargo ship, commissioned in 1942, transferred to Peru in 1963 and scrapped in 1991.The second Bellatrix (T-AKR-288) is part of the Military Sealift Command, delivered in 1973. ..
USS Bellatrix (AK-20/AKA-3)
USS Bellatrix (AK-20/AKA-3) was an attack cargo ship in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Bellatrix was constructed in Florida as an AK-20 merchant marine cargo ship for the Maritime Commission under the name Raven. In April 1941, the War Shipping Administration trans..
USS Belleau Wood
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Belleau Wood, after the Belleau Wood near Château-Thierry in France, the scene of heavy fighting by U.S. Marines in World War I. The first Belleau Wood (CVL-24) was a light aircraft carrier converted from a cruiser hull and in service during ..
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
New Haven (CL-76), reclassified CV-24 and renamed Belleau Wood on 16 February 1942 and reclassified CVL-24 on 15 July 1943, was a United States Navy Independence class aircraft carrier active during World War II. Belleau Wood was launched 6 December 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New..
USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3)
USS Belleau Wood prepares to receive a Marine landing craft Career Ordered: 15 November 1969 Laid down: 5 March 1973 Launched: 11 April 1977 Commissioned: 23 September 1978 Decommissioned: 28 October 2005 Struck: 28 October 2005 Fate: Sunk as a target, 13 July 2006 Gen..
USS Bellerophon
Bellerophon was a hero in Greek mythology. One ship in the United States Navy has been named USS Bellerophon. USS Bellerophon (ARL-31), originally the LST-1132 she was reclassified and placed in commission in 1945 and decommissioned in 1948. Two ships in the fictional universe of Star Trek have ..
USS Bell (DD-587)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 December 1941 Launched: 24 June 1942 Commissioned: 4 March 1943 Decommissioned: 14 June 1946 Struck: 1 November 1972 Fate: Sunk as target, 11 May 1975 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 6 in (114.7&..
USS Bell (DD-95)
Career Launched: 20 April 1918 Commissioned: 31 July 1918 Decommissioned: 21 June 1922 Fate: Sold, 18 April 1939 Struck: 25 January 1937 General Characteristics Displacement: 1191 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 9 in Draft: 9 ft 2 in Propulsion: Speed: 35 knots Complement: 122..
USS Benfold (DDG-65)
A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) passes in front of Benfold in the northern Persian Gulf Career Ordered: 16 January 1991 Laid down: 27 September 1993 Launched: 9 November 1994 Commissioned: 30 March 1996 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Character..
USS Benham
USS Benham has been the name of three ships in the United States Navy, all of them named in honor of Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham. The first Benham (DD-49) was a Aylwin-class destroyer. The second Benham (DD-397) was the lead destroyer of the Benham-class, which sank in battle during 1942. The thi..
USS Benham (DD-397)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 September 1936 Launched: 16 April 1938 Commissioned: 2 February 1939 Fate: Sunk in battle, 15 November 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,250 tons (full) Length: 340 ft 9 in (103.9 m) Beam: 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) Draught: 12 ft 10 in (3..
USS Benham (DD-49)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 March 1912 Launched: 22 March 1913 Commissioned: 20 January 1914 Decommissioned: 7 July 1922 Fate: Scrapped and sold, 23 April 1935 Struck: 8 March 1935 General Characteristics Displacement: 1036 tons Length: 305,3 ft (93 m) Beam: 31,2 ft (9,5 m) Draug..
USS Benham (DD-796)
Career Launched: 30 August 1943 Commissioned: 20 December 1943 Decommissioned: 18 October 1946 Commissioned: 24 March 1951 Fate: Transferred to Peru as loan, 15 December 1960 Sold to Peru, 15 January 1974 Scrapped, 1980 Struck: 15 January 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,0..
USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640)
USS Benjamin Franklin puts out to sea Career Ordered: 1 November 1962 Laid down: 25 May 1963 Launched: 5 December 1964 Commissioned: 22 October 1965 Decommissioned: 23 November 1993 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 23 November 1993 General Characteristics Length: 129.54 meters (42..
USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 June 1962 Launched: 8 January 1963 Commissioned: 12 September 1964 Decommissioned: 20 December 1991 Fate: sank, 3 February 2001 Struck: 20 November 1992 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 437 ft (133.2 m) Beam: 47 ft (..
USS Bennett (DD-473)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 10 December 1941 Launched: 16 April 1942 Commissioned: 9 February 1943 Decommissioned: 18 April 1946 Struck: 1 August 1973 Fate: Transferred to Brazil, 15 December 1959 Career (Brazil) Acquired: 15 December 1959 Commis..
USS Bennington
There have been at least two United States Navy ships named Bennington, named after the town of Bennington, Vermont, where was fought the Battle of Bennington on 16 August 1777. The first Bennington (Gunboat No. 4) was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish-Ameri..
USS Bennington (CV-20)
The second USS Bennington (CV-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched 28 February 1944 by New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Melvin J. Maas, wife of Congressman Maas of Minnesota, and commissioned 6 August 1944, Captain J. B. Sykes in command. On 1..
USS Bennington (PG-4)
Career Laid down: Launched: 3 June 1890 Commissioned: 20 June 1891 Decommissioned: 31 October 1919 Fate: Sold, 14 November, 1910 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1700 tons Length: 244 ft 5 in (74 m) Beam: 36 ft (11.0 m) Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m) Propulsion: Speed: 17..
USS Bennington Monument
The USS Bennington Monument is a sixty-foot granite obelisk in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego, California, USA. It serves as a monument to the memory of the crew of the USS Bennington (PG-4), a gunboat of the United States Navy whose two boilers exploded on the mornin..
USS Bennion (DD-662)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 March 1943 Launched: 4 July 1943 Commissioned: 14 December 1943 Decommissioned: 20 June 1946 Struck: 15 April 1971 Fate: Sold for scrap, 30 May 1973 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 in (114.7&n..
USS Benson (DD-421)
USS Benson (DD-421) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Admiral William Shepherd Benson. Benson was launched 15 November 1939 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. W. S. Benson, widow of A..
USS Benton (1861)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 24 February 1862 Decommissioned: 20 July 1865 Fate: sold 29 November 1865 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1033 tons Length: 202 ft Beam: 72 ft Draft: 9 ft Propulsion: Speed: 5.5 kts Range: Depth: Comple..
USS Bergall
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Bergall for the bergall, a small fish of the New England coast. The first USS Bergall (SS-320), a Balao-class submarine, served during World War II, then was sold to Turkey, becoming TCG Turgut Reis (S 342). The second USS Bergall (SSN-6..
USS Bergall (SS-320)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 16 February 1944 Commissioned: 12 June 1944 Decommissioned: 17 October 1958 Fate: loaned, then sold, to Turkey Stricken: 1 February 1973 General characteristics Displacement: 1626 tons Length: 311 ft 9 in (95 m) Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m) Draft: ..
USS Bergall (SSN-667)
Career Ordered: 9 March 1965 Laid down: 16 April 1966 Launched: 17 February 1968 Commissioned: 13 June 1969 Decommissioned: 6 June 1996 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 6 June 1997 General Characteristics Displacement: 4007 tons light, 4301 tons full, 294 tons dead Length: 89 mete..
USS Berkeley (DDG-15)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 29 August 1960 Launched: 29 July 1961 Commissioned: 15 December 1962 Decommissioned: 1 May 1992 Fate: sold to Greece on 1 October 1992 decommissioned in 2002 Struck: 1 May 1992 Career (Greece) Acquired: Commissioned: Decomm..
USS Bernadou (DD-153)
Career Launched: 7 November 1918 Commissioned: 19 May 1919 Decommissioned: 1 July 1922 Recommissioned: 1 May 1930 Decommissioned: 17 July 1945 Fate: Sold 30 November 1945 Struck: 13 August 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1154 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 8 in Draft..
USS Berrien (APA-62)
USS Berrien (APA-62), named for counties in Georgia and Michigan, she was of the Gilliam class of attack transports serving in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. She was launched 20 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; sponsore..
USS Besugo (SS-321)
Besugo (SS-321) underway, circa 1950,armed with two 5"/25 deck guns. Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 May 1943 Launched: 27 February 1944 Commissioned: 19 June 1944 Decommissioned: 31 March 1966 Struck: 15 November 1975 Fate: sold for scrap, 16 April 1976 General Characteristics..
USS Betelgeuse
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Betelgeuse, in honor of the star Betelgeuse (α Orionis). The first, Betelgeuse (AK-28), was an Arcturus-class cargo ship, launched in 1939, converted to an attack cargo ship, AKA-11, in 1944, struck in 1946, and scrapped in 1972. The..
USS Betelgeuse (AK-260)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 February 1944 Launched: 10 April 1944 Commissioned: 15 April 1952 Decommissioned: 15 January 1971 Fate: Ran aground at Cape Hatteras 1976 Struck: 1 February 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,960 tons Length: 255 ft 3 in Beam: 62 ft Draught: 2..
USS Betelgeuse (AK-28)
The USS Betelgeuse alongside the pier at Tongatabu, Tonga Islands. Career Laid down: 9 March 1939 Launched: 18 September 1939 Purchased: 29 May 1941 Commissioned: 14 June 1941 Decommissioned: 15 March 1946 Struck: 28 March 1946 Fate: Sold, 1947; Scrapped, 1972 General Characte..
USS Biddle
Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Biddle, in honor of Captain Nicholas Biddle, a hero of the Continental Navy. The first Biddle (TB-26) was a torpedo boat in service from 1901 to 1919.The second Biddle (DD-151) was a destroyer commissioned 1918 and in use until 1945.The thi..
USS Biddle (DD-151)
Career Launched: 3 October 1918 Commissioned: 22 April 1919 Reclassified: AG-114, 30 June 1945 Decommissioned: 5 October 1945 Fate: Sold, 3 December 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1154 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 8 in Draft: 9 ft Propulsion: Speed: 3..
USS Biddle (DLG-34)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 December 1963 Launched: 2 July 1965 Commissioned: 21 January 1967 Decommissioned: 30 November 1993 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 7,930 tons (full load) Length: 547 feet Beam: 55 feet Draught: Propulsion: 4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2..
USS Biddle (TB-26)
The first USS Biddle (TB-26) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain Nicholas Biddle. Biddle was launched 18 May 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss Emily B. Biddle, great-great-grandniece of Captain Biddle; and commissioned 26 October 190..
USS Bigelow (DD-942)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 July 1955 Launched: 2 February 1957 Commissioned: 8 November 1957 Decommissioned: 5 November 1982 Fate: Sold for scrap to the Fore River Shipyard and Iron Works at Quincy, Massachusetts on 11 December 1992, reacquired as target ship. Sunk by US, Canadian, Dut..
USS Big Horn
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Big Horn, named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana. The first, USS Big Horn (AO-45), was a tanker acquired by the Navy in 1942, and converted into a Q-ship. In 1945, she was converted into an oil storage vessel and redesignated IX-20..
USS Big Horn (AO-45)
Career Built: 1936 Launched: Purchased: 31 March 1942 Commissioned: 15 April 1942 Decommissioned: 6 May 1946 Struck: 3 July 1946 Fate: Sold for disposal on 22 November 1946 General characteristics Displacement: Length: 441 ft 8 in (134.6 m) Beam: 64 ft (19.5 m) Draught: Propulsi..
USS Billfish
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Billfish, named in honor of the billfish, any fish, such as gar or spearfish, with bill-shaped jaws. The first Billfish, (SS-286), was a Balao-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1968. The second Billfish, (SSN-676), was a ..
USS Billfish (SS-286)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 12 November 1942 Commissioned: 20 April 1943 Decommissioned: 1 November 1946 Fate: Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons Length: 311 feet 8 inches Beam: 27 feet 3 inches Draft: 16 feet 10 inches Propulsion: four 5400-hp d..
USS Billfish (SSN-676)
Career Ordered: 15 July 1966 Laid down: 20 September 1968 Launched: 1 May 1970 Commissioned: 12 March 1971 Decommissioned: 1 July 1999 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 1 July 1999 General Characteristics Displacement: 3957 tons light, 4254 tons full, 297 tons dead Length: 89 meter..
USS Billings
The USS Billings is a starship in the fictional universe of Star Trek, The USS Billings was Lieutenant Tuvok's and Captain Kathryn Janeway's assignment prior to USS Voyager (NCC-74656). ..
USS Billingsley (DD-293)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 10 December 1919 Commissioned: 1 March 1920 Decommissioned: 1 May 1930 Fate: sold 17 January 1931 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 9 inches Draught: 9 feet 10 inches Propulsio..
USS Biloxi (CL-80)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 23 February 1943 Commissioned: 31 August 1943 Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 Fate: Scrapped in 1962 Struck: September 1961 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,000 tons Length: 610 ft 1 in Beam: 66 ft 4 in Draft: 26 ft 6 in Propulsion: ..
USS Birmingham
Three vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham, Alabama. The first Birmingham (CL-2) was a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923. The second Birmingham (CL-62) was also a light cruiser, commissioned in 1943, involved in heavy fighting in th..
USS Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Birmingham (CL-2) Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 August 1905 Launched: 29 May 1907 Commissioned: 11 April 1908 Decommissioned: 1 December 1923 Fate: Scrapped in 1930 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,750 tons Length: 423 f t 1 in Beam: 47 ft 1 in Draft: 16 ft 9..
USS Birmingham (CL-62)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 February 1941 Launched: 20 March 1942 Commissioned: 29 January 1943 Decommissioned: 2 January 1947 Struck: 1 March 1959 Fate: Scrapped in 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,000 tons Length: 610 ft 1 in (186 m) Beam: 66 ft 4 in (20.2 m) Dr..
USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
Career Awarded: 24 January 1972 Laid down: 26 April 1975 Launched: 29 October 1977 Commissioned: 16 December 1978 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 22 December 1997 General Characteristics Displacement: 5789 tons light, 6159 tons full, 370 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 feet) ..
USS Bisbee (PF-46)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 7 September 1943 Commissioned: 15 February 1944 Decommissioned: 26 August 1945 Recommissioned: 18 October 1950 Decommissioned: 20 October 1951 Struck: Fate: Transferred to Columbia 13 February 1953 General Characteristics Displacement: 1..
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95)
Career Ordered: Laid down: January 31 1944 Launched: April 17, 1944 Commissioned: May 20, 1944 Fate: Sunk February 21, 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 7,800 Tons (7076 tonnes) Length: 512 feet 3 inches (156.1 m) Beam: 108 feet (32.9 m) Draught: 22 feet 4 inches (6.8 m) P..
USS Blackfin (SS-322)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 May 1943 Launched: 12 March 1944 Commissioned: 4 July 1944 Decommissioned: 15 September 1972 Struck: 15 September 1972 Fate: sunk as a target General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 ..
USS Blackfish (SS-221)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 18 April 1942 Commissioned: 22 July 1942 Decommissioned: 11 May 1946 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) Length: 311.8 feet (95.0 m) Beam: 27..
USS Black (DD-666)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 November 1942 Launched: 28 March 1943 Commissioned: 21 May 1943 Decommissioned: September 1969 Struck: 26 September 1969 Fate: Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 ..
USS Black Hawk
There have been four naval vessels named USS Black Hawk, named after the Saux-Fox War Chief (Makataimeshekiakiak) who lead a small party of his tribe from Iowa to his native Illinois. This action ensued the Black Hawk War (1832), which helped make names of Zachary Taylor, Jefferson Davis and includ..
USS Black Hawk (1848)
The USS Black Hawk was a dual stack side-wheel river steamer built in 1848 at New Albany, Indiana and purchased by the United States Navy at Cairo, Illinois. On November 24, 1862 it was named as the USS New Uncle Sam and commissioned on December 6, 1862. On December 13, 1862, under the command o..
USS Blakeley (DD-150)
Career Launched: 19 September 1918 Commissioned: 8 May 1919 Decommissioned: 21 July 1945 Fate: Sold, 30 November 1945 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1154 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 8 in Draft: 9 ft Propulsion: Speed: 35 knots Complement: 122 officers and ..
USS Blakely
USS Blakely has been the name of more than one ship in the United States Navy. USS J. R. Y. Blakely (DE-140), an Edsall-class destroyer escortUSS Blakely (FF-1072), a Knox-class frigate ..
USS Blakely (FF-1072)
Career Ordered: 22 July 1964 Laid down: 3 June 1968 Launched: 23 August 1969 Commissioned: 18 July 1970 Decommissioned: 15 November 1991 Struck: 11 January 1995 Fate: 29 September 1999, sold for scrapping General Characteristics Displacement: 4202 tons Length: 438 ft Beam..
USS Blandy (DD-943)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 December 1955 Launched: 19 December 1956 Commissioned: 26 November 1957 Decommissioned: 5 November 1982 Struck: 27 July 1990 Fate: Sold for scrap, 11 December 1992 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,800 tons standard. 4,050 tons full lo..
USS Blenny (SS-324)
AndPossiblyHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 July 1943 Launched: 9 April 1944 Commissioned: 27 July 1944 Decommissioned: 7 November 1969 Struck: 15 August 1973 Fate: sunk to form an artificial reef General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1..
USS Blessman (DE-69)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 22 March 1943 Launched: 19 June 1943 Commissioned: 19 September 1943 Reclassified APD: 31 July 1944 Decommissioned: 15 January 1947 Struck: 1 June 1967 Fate: to Taiwan 3 July 1967, renamed Chung Shan (PF-44) Stricken (Taiwan) May ..
USS Block Island
Three United States Navy escort aircraft carriers, two commissioned and one Lend-Lease, have been named USS Block Island, after Block Island Sound, which is off the south coast of the state of Rhode Island, between it and Block Island. Block Island (CVE-8) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., P..
USS Block Island (CVE-106)
--> Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 10 June 1944 Commissioned: 30 December 1944 Decommissioned: 27 August 1954 Fate: Struck: 1 July 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 11,373 tons Length: 557.1 ft (169.8 m) Beam: 75 ft (22.9 m) Draft: 32 ft (9.6 m) Propuls..
USS Block Island (CVE-21)
The second USS Block Island (CVE-21) (previously AVG-21 then later ACV-21) was launched 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. Hutchinson, wife of Commander Hutchinson; transferred to the United States Na..
USS Blower (SS-325)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 August 1943 Launched: 23 April 1944 Commissioned: 10 August 1944 Decommissioned: 16 November 1950 Struck: 20 December 1950 Fate: sunk by accident, 4 April 1953 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 ton..
USS Blue
USS Blue has been the name of two ships of the United States Navy: Blue (DD-387), a Bagley-class destroyer, named for Rear Admiral Victor Blue (1865–1928), which served from 1937 until she was sunk during combat in 1942. Blue (DD-744), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, named for Lieutenant Comm..
USS Blueback
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Blueback, after a type of salmon. The first USS Blueback (SS-326) served during World War II and then was sold to Turkey.The second USS Blueback (SS-581) was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy. ..
USS Blueback (SS-326)
Career Ordered: Laid down:29 July 1943 Launched:7 May 1944 Commissioned:28 August 1944 Fate:sold to Turkey Struck:23 May 1948 General characteristics Displacement:1870 tons surfaced, 2391 tons submerged Length:311 ft 7 in (95 m) Beam:27 ft (8.2 m) Draft:16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) Speed:20.25 knots (38 ..
USS Blueback (SS-581)
Career Awarded: 29 June 1956 Laid down: 15 April 1957 Launched: 16 May 1959 Commissioned: 15 October 1959 Decommissioned: 1 October 1990 Fate: Donated to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Stricken: 30 October 1990 General Characteristics Displacement: 1744 ..
USS Bluefish
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Bluefish, named in honor of the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). The first Bluefish, (SS-222), was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned in 1943 and struck in 1959. The second Bluefish, (SSN-675), was a Sturgeon-class submarine, commissioned..
USS Bluefish (SS-222)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 February 1943 Commissioned: 24 May 1943 Decommissioned: 20 November 1953 Struck: 1 June 1959 Fate: sold for scrap, 8 June 1960 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons..
USS Bluefish (SSN-675)
Career Ordered: 15 July 1966 Laid down: 13 March 1968 Launched: 10 January 1970 Commissioned: 8 January 1971 Decommissioned: 31 May 1996 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 31 May 1996 General Characteristics Displacement: 3984 tons light, 4278 tons full, 294 tons dead Length: 88 met..
USS Bluegill (SS-242)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 December 1942 Launched: 8 August 1943 Commissioned: 11 November 1943 Decommissioned: 28 June 1969 Fate: Sunk as salvage trainer in Hawaii Stricken: 28 June 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons Length: 311 feet 9 inches Beam: 27 feet 3 ..
USS Blue (DD-387)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 September 1935 Launched: 14 August 1937 Commissioned: 14 August 1937 Struck: Fate: Sunk by enemy action, on 22 August 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light) Length: 341 ft 8 in (104.1 m) Beam: 35 ft..
USS Blue (DD-744)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 June 1943 Launched: 28 November 1943 Commissioned: 20 March 1944 Decommissioned: 27 January 1971 Struck: 1 February 1974 Fate: Sunk as target off California 28 April 1977 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons Length: 376 ft 6 in (..
USS Blue Ridge
Three US Navy ships have been named USS Blue Ridge for the Blue Ridge Mountains. The first Blue Ridge was originally constructed as the Great Lakes passenger steamer Virginia and was in service for less than a year during 1918. The second Blue Ridge (AGC-2) was an amphibious force flagship, and ser..
USS Blue Ridge (1918)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1891 Commissioned: 17 October 1918 Decommissioned: Fate: Changed name to Avalon and sold August 1919, Caught fire and burned 18 July 1960 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,606 tons Length: 269 ft 2 in Beam: 3..
USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 7 March 1943 Commissioned: 27 September 1943 Decommissioned: 14 March 1947 Fate: Sold for scrap, 26 August 1960 Struck: 1 January 1960 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,910 tons Length: 459.3 ft Beam: 63 ft Draft: 24 ft Propulsion: ..
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)
Career Ordered: 31 December 1964 Laid down: 27 February 1967 Launched: 4 January 1969 Commissioned: 14 November 1970 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan General Characteristics Displacement: 19,609 tons Length: 636.5 ft (194 m) Beam: 108 ft (32.9 m) Draf..
USS Boarfish (SS-327)
View from the bow of Boarfish (SS-327) in the Chukchi Sea in 1947 Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 August 1943 Launched: 21 May 1944 Commissioned: 23 September 1944 Decommissioned: 23 May 1948 Struck: 23 August 1948 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced..
USS Bobolink
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Bobolink for the American bird, the bobolink. The first USS Bobolink (AM-20/AT-131/ATO-131) was commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1946.The second Bobolink (AMS-2/MHC-44) was originally YMS-164 and renamed Bobolink in 1947. She was str..
USS Bobolink (AM-20)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 15 June 1918 Commissioned: 28 January 1919 Decommissioned: 22 February 1946 Fate: sold, 5 October 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 950 tons Length: 187 feet 10 inches Beam: 35 feet 6 inches Draught: 9 feet 9 inches Propuls..
USS Boggs (DD-136)
Career Launched: 25 April 1918 Commissioned: 23 September 1918 Decommissioned: 29 June 1922 Redesignated: AG-19, 5 September 1931 Recommissioned: 19 December 1931 Reclassified: DMS-3, 1940 Reclassified: AG-19, 5 June 1945 Decommissioned: 20 March 1946 Fate: Sold 27 November 1946 Stru..
USS Bogue (CVE-9)
USS Bogue (CVE-9) was the lead ship in the Bogue-class of escort aircraft carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally classified AVG-9, but was changed to ACV-9, 20 August 1942; CVE-9, 15 July 1943; and CVHP-9, 12 June 1955. She was laid down on 1 October 1941 as S..
USS Boise
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Boise, after Boise, capital city of Idaho. The first Boise (CL-47) was a light cruiser commissioned in 1938 that saw service in World War II, and was later sold to Argentina.The second Boise (SSN-764) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack su..
USS Boise (CL-47)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 3 December 1936 Commissioned: 12 August 1938 Decommissioned: 1 July 1946 Fate: Sold to Argentina, 11 January 1951 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,700 tons Length: 608 ft 4 in (185 m) Beam: 61 ft 9 in (18.9 m) Draft: 24 ft ..
USS Boise (SSN-764)
Career Awarded: 6 February 1987 Laid down: 25 August 1988 Launched: 23 March 1991 Commissioned: 7 November 1992 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia General Characteristics Displacement: 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters ..
USS Bonefish
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Bonefish for the bonefish, which is a name for the ladyfish, dogfish, and sturgeon. The first USS Bonefish (SS-223) was lost during World War II. (see other lost ships)The second USS Bonefish (SS-582) was wrecked by a fire in 1988. ..
USS Bonefish (SS-223)
Career Laid down: 25 June 1942 Launched: 7 May 1943 Commissioned: 31 May 1943 Fate: lost, probably sunk by Japanese 19 June 1945 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) Length: 311 ft 9 in (95..
USS Bonefish (SS-582)
--> Career Awarded: 29 June 1956 Laid down: 3 June 1957 Launched: 22 November 1958 Commissioned: 9 July 1959 Decommissioned: 28 September 1988 Stricken: 28 February 1989 Fate: Sold for scrapping, 17 August 1989 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,639 tons submerg..
USS Bonhomme Richard
Ships Named Bonhomme Richard Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard (pronounced "BOHN-uhm REE-shard"), the French language equivalent of "Goodman Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin the US Ambassador to France at the time. The name Bonhomm..
USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)
Career Built: 1765 Entered Navy: 4 February 1779 Fate: Sank in battle, 25 September 1779 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 998 tons (1014 tonnes) Length: 152 ft (46.3 m) Beam: 40 ft (12 m) Draft: 19 ft (5.8 m) Propulsion: Sail Speed: Complement: 375 officers and en..
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)
Career Ordered: 11 December 1992 Laid down: 18 April 1995 Launched: 14 March 1997 Commissioned: 15 August 1998 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport San Diego, California General Characteristics Class: Wasp Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. Displacement: 27,5..
USS Bonita
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bonita, for the bonito, any of several types of fish including the tunny (Orcynus pelamys), the skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea), the medregal (Seriola fasciata), or the cobia (Elacate canada). The first USS Bonita was a schooner, launched in 1..
USS Bonita (SS-165)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:9 June 1925 Commissioned:22 May 1926 Decommissioned:3 March 1945 Fate:sold Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement:2000 tons Length:341 feet 6 inches Beam:27 feet 7 inches Draft:15 feet 11 inches Speed:18.8 knots Complement:56 officers and men Armament:o..
USS Bonita (SSK-3)
Bonita with characteristic bulky electronics compartment at her bow (Mare Island Navy Yard) Career Ordered: Laid down:19 May 1950 Launched:21 June 1951 Commissioned:11 January 1952 Decommissioned:7 November 1958 Fate: Stricken: General characteristics Displacement:765 tons surfaced, 1160 tons subm..
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/A-31), the second United States Navy ship of that name, was named in honor of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, which he had named the French language equivalent of "Poor Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin's almanac of that name. Bon Homme Richard was a 27,100-ton Es..
USS Boone (FFG-28)
Career Ordered: 23 January 1978 Laid down: 27 March 1979 Launched: 16 January 1980 Commissioned: 15 May 1982 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Mayport, Florida General Characteristics Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load Length: 454 ft (138.1 m),..
USS Bordelon (DD-881)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 September 1944 Launched: 3 March 1945 Commissioned: 5 June 1945 Decommissioned: 1 February 1977 Struck: 1 February 1977 Fate: Transferred to Iran, 1977 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Rang..
USS Borie
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Borie for Adolph Edward Borie. The first Borie (DD-215) was a Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in 1920, served in World War II and sunk following battle damage in 1943.The second Borie (DD-704) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, commi..
USS Borie (DD-215)
USS Borie (DD-215), 1942. Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 4 October 1919 Commissioned: 24 March 1920 Decommissioned: Fate: sank following battle, 2 November 1943 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches (95.8 m) Beam: 31 feet 9 inch..
USS Borie (DD-704)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 February 1944 Launched: 4 July 1944 Commissioned: 21 September 1944 Decommissioned: 1 July 1972 Struck: 1 July 1972 Fate: To Argentina 1 July 1972, renamed Hipolito Bouchard. Broken up for scrap in 1984. General Characteristics Displacement: 2..
USS Boston
At least seven United States Navy ships have borne the name Boston, in honor of the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The first Boston was a gondola built at Skenesborough (present day Whitehall), New York, in 1776, mounting one 18 pounder (8 kg) and 2 x 12 pounder (5 kg) guns, and with a crew of 45. ..
USS Boston (1776)
Continental Frigates Hancock and Boston capturing British Frigate Fox 7 June 1777. Career Launched: 3 June 1776 Commissioned: Fate: captured, 12 May 1780 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 514 tons Length: 114 ft 3 in (35 m) Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m) Draft: 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) ..
USS Boston (1799)
Career Launched: 20 May 1799 Commissioned: 1799 Fate: Burned 24 August 1814 General Characteristics Displacement: 400 tons Length: 134 ft Beam: 34 ft 6 in Draft: 11 ft 6 in Propulsion: Sail Speed: Complement: 220 officers and enlisted Armament: 26 12-pounder, 12 8-pounder T..
USS Boston (1825)
The fourth USS Boston was an 18-gun sloop of war, launched 15 October 1825 by Boston Navy Yard and commissioned the following year, Master Commandant B. V. Hoffman in command. Boston served on the Brazil Station 1826-1829 and the Mediterranean Station 1830-1832. She was then laid up at Boston Navy..
USS Boston (1884)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 4 December 1884 Commissioned: 2 May 1887 Decommissioned: Fate: intentionally sunk 8 April 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 3,189 t Length: 283 ft (86 m) Beam: 42 ft (12.8 m) Draft: 17 ft (5.2 m) Speed: 13 knots..
USS Boston (CA-69)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 June 1941 Launched: 26 August 1942 Commissioned: 30 June 1943 Decommissioned: 5 May 1970 Struck: 4 January 1974 Fate: Scrapped in 1975 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,600 tons Length: 673 ft 3 in (205.2 m) Beam: 71 ft 10 in (21.9 m) Draugh..
USS Boston (SSN-703)
Career Ordered: 10 December 1973 Laid down: 11 August 1978 Launched: 19 April 1980 Commissioned: 30 January 1982 Decommissioned: 19 November 1999 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 19 November 1999 General Characteristics Displacement: 5779 tons light, 6150 tons full, 371 tons dead ..
USS Bougainville (CVE-100)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 16 May 1944 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: USS Bougainville (CVE-100) was an Casa..
USS Bourbon (1783)
Career Ordered: 23 January 1777 Laid down: Launched: 31 July 1783 Fate: Sold, September 1783 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Sail Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: 28 guns USS Bourbon was a frigate in the Continental ..
USS Bowers (DE-637)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 28 May 1943 Launched: 31 October 1943 Commissioned: 27 January 1944 Reclassified APD: 25 June 1945 Decommissioned: 10 February 1947 Recommissioned: 6 February 1951 Decommissioned: 18 December 1958 Struck: 1 May 1961 Fate: To Phi..
USS Bowfin (SS-287)
USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a fresh water fish of the eastern United States. Bowfin moored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where it is now a museum. Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 July 1942 Launched: 7 December ..
USS Boxer
Six United States Navy ships have borne the name Boxer. HMS Boxer was captured by the Enterprise in the War of 1812 but not taken into the Navy. The first Boxer was a 14-gun brig commissioned in 1815. The second Boxer was a 10-gun schooner commissioned in 1832. The third Boxer was the blockade run..
USS Boxer (CV-21)
The fifth USS Boxer (CV-21) (also CVA-21, CVS-21, LPH-4) was a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier. She was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Ruth D. Overton (daughter of John H. Overton, Senator from Lou..
USS Boxer (LHD-4)
USS Boxer in the Persian Gulf, CH-53 in foreground Career Laid down: 18 April 1991 Launched: 13 August 1993 Commissioned: 11 February 1995 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. General Characteristics Displacement: 40,722 tons full Length: 844 ft (256 m) Beam: 106 ft ..
USS Boyd (DD-544)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 2 April 1942 Launched: 29 October 1942 Commissioned: 8 May 1943 Decommissioned: 1 October 1969 Struck: 1 October 1969 Fate: Transferred to Turkey, 1 October 1969 Career (Turkey) Acquired: 1 October 1969 Commissioned: ..
USS Boyle (DD-600)
USS Boyle (DD-600) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Thomas Boyle. Boyle was launched 15 June 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret A. Glascock, great-granddaughter of Sailing Master Boyle..
USS Bozeman (NCC-1941)
The USS Bozeman is a Soyuz class Federation starship in the fictional universe of Star Trek. The Bozeman was commanded by Captain Morgan Bateson in the 23rd century. The ship was 3 weeks away from a starbase when she disappeared near the Typhon Expanse in the year 2278. 90 years later, she re-emer..
USS Bradford (DD-545)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 28 April 1942 Launched: 12 December 1942 Commissioned: 12 June 1943 Decommissioned: 28 September 1961 Struck: 1 September 1975 Fate: Transferred to Greece 27 September 1962 Career (Greece) Acquired: 27 September 1962 C..
USS Bradley (FF-1041)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 January 1963 Launched: 26 March 1964 Commissioned (USN): 15 May 1965 Decommissioned (USN): 30 September 1988 Commissioned (BN): 25 September 1989 Decommissioned (BN): 11 March 2004 Fate: in reserve Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Le..
USS Braine (DD-630)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 12 October 1942 Launched: 7 March 1943 Commissioned: 11 May 1943 Decommissioned: 17 August 1971 Struck: 17 August 1971 Fate: transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971 Career (Argentina) Commissioned: 17 August 1971 Decommissioned: 30 No..
USS Branch
One ship in the United States Navy was named USS Branch for Secretary of the Navy John Branch. Branch (DD-197) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1920, and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Beverley. She was sunk in 1943 by a German U-boat. Another Branch was renamed S. P. Lee (DD-31..
USS Branch (DD-197)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 19 April 1919 Commissioned: 26 July 1920 Decommissioned: 8 October 1940 Fate: Transferred to U.K., 8 October 1940 Struck: 8 January 1941 Career (UK) Acquired: 8 October 1940 Commissioned: 8 October 1940 Decommissioned: 9 April ..
USS Brandywine (1825)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1821 Launched: 16 June 1825 Commissioned: Fate: Destroyed by fire, 3 September 1864 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,708 tons Length: 175 ft (53.4 m) Beam: 45 ft (13.7 m) Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m) Propulsion: Sail Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h..
USS Brave (IX-78)
USS Brave (IX-78), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was one of two ships of the United States Navy named for the quality of bravery. IX-78 served simultaneously with YP-425. IX-78 was acquired by the Navy 10 August 1942 as A. Maitland Adams. She was placed in service 10 December 1942 and o..
USS Bray (DE-709)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: January 1944 Launched: 15 April 1944 Commissioned: 4 September 1944 Decommissioned: 10 May 1946 Struck: 1 June 1960 Fate: Sunk as target 27 March 1963 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,450 tons light, 1,673 tons standard..
USS Brazos (AO-4)
USS Brazos (AO-4) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1 May 1919 Commissioned:1 October 1919 Decommissioned:8 February 1946 Fate:Scrapped in 1947 General Characteristics Displacement:5,723 tons light14,800 tons full Length:475 ft 1 in (145 m) Beam:56 ft 2 in (16 m) Draft:26 ft 8 in (8 m) Spee..
USS Bream (SS-243)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 17 October 1943 Commissioned: 24 January 1944 Decommissioned (last): 28 June 1969 Fate: sunk as a target Struck: 7 November 1969 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons ..
USS Breckinridge (DD-148)
Career Launched: 17 August 1918 Commissioned: 27 February 1919 Decommissioned: 30 June 1922 Recommissioned: May 1930 Decommissioned: September 1936 Recommissioned: September 1939 Reclassified: AG-112, 30 June 1945 Decommissioned: 30 November 1945 Fate: Sold 31 October 1946 Struck: ..
USS Breck (DD-283)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 5 September 1919 Commissioned: 1 December 1919 Decommissioned: 1 May 1930 Fate: sold 17 January 1931 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 8 inches Draught: 9 feet 10 inches Propuls..
USS Breeman (DE-104)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 March 1943 Launched: 4 September 1943 Commissioned: 12 December 1943 Decommissioned: 26 April 1946 Fate: Transferred to China 29 October 1948 Struck: 22 December 1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 1525 tons Length: 308 ft Beam: 36ft 8 in Draft..
USS Breese (DD-122)
Career Launched: 11 May 1918 Commissioned: 23 October 1918 Decommissioned: 17 June 1922 Redesignated: DM-18, 5 January 1931 Recommissioned: 1 June 1931 Decommissioned: 15 January 1946 Fate: Sold 16 May 1946 Struck: 7 February 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 1213.1 tons Len..
USS Bremerton
Two vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Bremerton, after the city of Bremerton, Washington. The first Bremerton (CA-130) was a heavy cruiser in use from 1945 to 1960.The second Bremerton (SSN-698) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1981 and on active s..
USS Bremerton (CA-130)
USS Bremerton fitting out for Korean War service Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 February 1943 Launched: 2 July 1944 Commissioned: 29 April 1945 Decommissioned: 29 July 1960 Fate: Scrapped in 1974 Struck: 1 October 1973 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,600 tons Length: 673 ft..
USS Bremerton (SSN-698)
Career Awarded: 24 January 1972 Laid down: 8 May 1976 Launched: 22 July 1978 Commissioned: 28 March 1981 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii General Characteristics Displacement: 5789 tons light, 6159 tons full, 370 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 f..
USS Breton
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast. The first Breton (CVE-10) was Bogue-class escort carrier loaned to the Royal Navy and operated as HMS Chaser from 1943 to 1946.The second Breton (CVE-23) was also a Bogue-class escort carr..
USS Breton (CVE-23)
The USS Breton (CVE-23) (previously AVG-23 then ACV-23) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 27 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. A. H. Rooks, widow of Captain Rooks; and commissioned 12 April 1943, Captain..
USS Briarcliff (IX-3)
USS Briarcliff (IX-3), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy of that name. A wooden-hulled freighter constructed in 1919 at Portland, Maine, by the Russell Shipbuilding Company for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), she was acquired by the Navy fro..
USS Bridgeport
One ship of the United States Navy has been named USS Bridgeport, after the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut; a second was cancelled before completion. The first Bridgeport (AD-10) was originally the German passenger ship SS Breslau, seized in World War I and used as a transport.The second USS Bridg..
USS Bridget (DE-1024)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 September 1955 Launched: 25 April 1956 Commissioned: 24 October 1957 Decommissioned: September 1968 Struck: 12 November 1973 Fate: Sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 1,877 tons (full) Length: 314.5 ft (95.9 m) overall Bea..
USS Brill (SS-330)
AndPossiblyHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 September 1943 Launched: 25 June 1944 Commissioned: 26 October 1944 Decommissioned: 23 May 1948 Struck: 25 May 1948 Commissioned (1.İnönü): 23 May 1948 Decommissioned (1.İnönü): 29 November 1972 Fate: General Characteris..
USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 December 1944 Launched: 26 May 1945 Commissioned: 1 October 1945 Decommissioned: 1 September 1997 Fate: Sunk as target Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: ..
USS Briscoe
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Briscoe. The first, USS Briscoe (APA-65), was a Gilliam-class attack transport laid down in 1944, served during World War II, and decommissioned in 1946. The second, USS Briscoe (DD-977), was a Spruance-class destroyer laid down in 1975 and de..
USS Briscoe (DD-977)
Career Ordered: 26 January 1972 Laid down: 21 July 1975 Launched: 28 December 1976 Commissioned: 3 June 1978 Decommissioned: 2 October 2003 Fate: To be disposed of in support of fleet training exercise Struck: 6 April 2004 General Characteristics Displacement: 9255 tons, full load..
USS Brister (DE-327)
USS Brister (DE/DER-327) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named for Ensign Robert E. Brister (1920–1942). Brister was laid down on 14 June 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., of Orange, Texas; launched on 24 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Blanche Briste..
USS Bristol
USS Bristol has been the name of two ships of United States Navy. They are both named in honor of Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol (1868–1939): USS Bristol (DD-453), a Gleaves class destroyer which was commissioned in 1941 and sunk off Algeria in 1943.USS Bristol (DD-857), an Allen M. Sumne..
USS Bristol (DD-453)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 December 1940 Launched: 25 July 1941 Commissioned: 22 October 1941 Decommissioned: Fate: Sunk by enemy action, on 13 October 1943 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630 tons (light)2,395 tons (full) Length..
USS Bristol (DD-857)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 May 1944 Launched: 29 October 1944 Commissioned: 17 March 1945 Decommissioned: 21 November 1969 Struck: 21 November 1969 Fate: To Taiwan 9 December 1969, renamed Hua Yang. Stricken and scraped in 1993. General Characteristics Displacement: 2,20..
USS Broadbill (AM-58)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1942 Launched: 21 May 1942 Commissioned: 21 July 1943 Reclassified: MSF-58, 7 February 1965 Decommissioned: 24 January 1954 Fate: Sold for scrap, 1 December 1973 Struck: 1 July 1972 General Characteristics Displacement: 890 tons Length: 221 ft 3 in (67 m) ..
USS Brooke (FFG-1)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 December 1962 Launched: 19 July 1963 Commissioned: 12 March 1966 Decommissioned: 16 September 1988 Fate: transferred to Pakistan, as KhaibarReturned 1993, Scrapped 1994 Struck: 2 January 1994 General Characteristics Displacement: 5,400 tons Length: 390..
USS Brooklyn
Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Brooklyn, after the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which was the city of Brooklyn, New York until 1898 when it merged with New York City. The first Brooklyn was a wooden screw sloop commissioned 1859 and a participant in the American Civ..
USS Brooklyn (1858)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1858 Commissioned: 26 January 1859 Decommissioned: 14 May 1889 Fate: sold, 25 March 1891 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,532 tons Length: 233 ft (71 m) Beam: 43 ft (13.1 m) Draft: 16.3 ft (5 m) Complement: 335 officers and ..
USS Brooklyn (CA-3)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 2 October 1895 Commissioned: 1 December 1896 Decommissioned: 9 March 1921 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: The second USS Brooklyn ..
USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 30 November 1936 Commissioned: 30 September 1937 Decommissioned: 3 January 1947 Fate: Sold to Chile in 1951, scrapped in 1991 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,700 tons Length: 608 ft 4 in (185 m) Beam: 61 ft 9 in (18.9 m) D..
USS Brooks (DD-232)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 24 April 1919 Commissioned: 18 June 1920 Decommissioned: 2 August 1945 Fate: sold, 30 January 1946 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches (95.8 m) Beam: 31 feet 8 inches (9.7 m) Draught: 9 feet 10 i..
USS Broome (DD-210)
Career Launched: 14 May 1919 Commissioned: 31 October 1919 Decommissioned: 30 December 1922 Recommissioned: 5 February 1930 Redesignated: AG-96, 23 May 1945 Decommissioned: 20 May 1946 Fate: Sold, 20 November 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 ft 4 i..
USS Brownson
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Brownson, in honor of Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, USN (1845–1935). The first, Brownson (DD-518), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in action in 1943. The second, Brownson (DD-868), was a Gearing-class de..
USS Brownson (DD-518)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 24 September 1942 Commissioned: 3 February 1943 Struck: Fate: Sunk in action, 26 December 1943 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 in (114.7 m) Beam: 39 ft 7 in (12.1 ..
USS Brownson (DD-868)
USS Brownson (DD-868), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, USN (1845–1935). Brownson was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 13 February 1945; launched on 7 July ..
USS Brownsville (PF-10)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 September 1943 Launched: 14 November 1943 Commissioned: 6 May 1944 Decommissioned: 15 April 1946 Struck: 25 September 1946 Fate: Sold on 30 September 1947 for scrapping General Characteristics Displacement: 1,430 tons (light), 2,415 ..
USS Brown (DD-546)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 June 1942 Launched: 21 February 1943 Commissioned: 10 July 1943 Decommissioned: 9 February 1962 Struck: 1 September 1975 Fate: Transferred to Greece, 27 September 1962 Career (Greece) Acquired: 27 September 1962 Commission..
USS Bruce (DD-329)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 July 1919 Launched: 20 May 1920 Commissioned: 29 September 1920 Decommissioned: 1 May 1930 Fate: scrapped and sold, August 1932 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 8 inches Draught: 9 feet ..
USS Brush (DD-745)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 July 1943 Launched: 28 December 1943 Commissioned: 17 April 1944 Decommissioned: 27 October 1969 Struck: 27 October 1969 Fate: sold to Taiwan 9 December 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons Length: 376 ft 6 in (114.8 m) Bea..
USS Bryant (DD-665)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 December 1942 Launched: 29 May 1943 Commissioned: 4 December 1943 Decommissioned: 15 January 1947 Struck: 30 June 1968 Fate: Scrapped, July 1976 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 in (114.7 ..
USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36)
Career Ordered: 8 November 1944 Laid down: 7 July 1945 Launched: 7 March 1946 Commissioned: 15 September 1950 Decommissioned: Struck: 30 June 1981 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 8091 tons Length: 492 ft Beam: 70 ft Draft: 28 ft Propulsion: Speed: 18 kts Range: ..
USS Buchanan
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Buchanan for Admiral Franklin Buchanan. The first Buchanan (DD-131) was a Wickes-class destroyer, transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Campbeltown.The second Buchanan (DD-484) was a Gleaves-class destroyer, commissioned in 1942 and decommiss..
USS Buchanan (DD-131)
USS Buchanan off Balboa, Panama, May 18 1936 Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 June 1918 Launched: 2 January 1919 Commissioned (USN): 20 January 1919 Decommissioned (USN): 7 June 1922 Recommissioned (USN): 10 April 1930 Decommissioned (USN): 9 April 1937 Recommissioned: 30 September 193..
USS Buchanan (DD-484)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 February 1941 Launched: 22 November 1941 Commissioned: 21 March 1942 Decommissioned: 28 April 1948 Struck: 7 June 1949 Fate: To Turkey 28 April 1949, renamed Gelibolu. Stricken and scraped in 1976 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630&nb..
USS Buchanan (DDG-14)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 April 1959 Launched: 11 May 1960 Commissioned: 7 February 1962 Decommissioned: 1 October 1991 Fate: sunk as a target, 14 June 2000 Struck: 20 November 1992 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,500 tons Full Load Length: 437 ft (1..
USS Buck
USS Buck is the name of two ships in the United States Navy: Buck (DD-420), a Sims-class destroyer, that served from 1939 until she was sunk during the invasion of Italy in 1943.Buck (DD-761), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which served from 1946 until 1973. ..
USS Buckley (DE-51)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 June 1942 Launched: 9 January 1943 Commissioned: 30 April 1943 Decommissioned: 3 July 1946 Struck: 1 June 1968 Fate: Sold for scrap, July 1969 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,400 tons light, 1,673 tons standard Length: 306 ft (93 m) ..
USS Buck (DD-420)
USS Buck (DD-420), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Quartermaster James Buck, a Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. Contents 1 Early career2 World War II2.1 Atlantic convoys2.2 European invasions3 Referenc..
USS Buck (DD-761)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 February 1944 Launched: 11 March 1945 Commissioned: 28 June 1946 Decommissioned: Struck: 15 July 1973 Fate: To Brazil 16 July 1973, renamed Alagoas. Stricken 30 June 1995 broken up for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons Le..
USS Buffalo
Three United States Navy ships have been named Buffalo, the first after the large mammal, the others after the city of Buffalo, New York. The first Buffalo was a 3-gun sloop purchased April 1813 at Philadelphia and attached to the Delaware Flotilla. Under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Angus, sh..
USS Buffalo (1892)
Career Launched:1892 Commissioned:22 September 1898 Decommissioned:15 November 1922 Fate:sold General Characteristics Displacement:6,530 tons Length:406.1 ft (124 m) Beam:48.3 ft (14.7 m) Draft:20.8 ft (6.3 m) Speed:14.5 knots (27 km/h) Complement:350 officers and men Armament:2 x 5 inch (127 mm)..
USS Buffalo (CL-110)
Buffalo (CL-110) was laid down as a Fargo-class light cruiser, 3 April 1944, by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, but with the end of World War II imminent, construction was cancelled, 12 August 1945. See USS Buffalo for other Navy ships of the same name. This article includes..
USS Buffalo (SSN-715)
Career Awarded: 23 February 1976 Laid down: 25 January 1980 Launched: 8 May 1982 Commissioned: 5 November 1983 Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: Pearl Harbor General Characteristics Displacement: 5771 tons light, 6142 tons full, 371 tons dead Length: 110.3 meters (362 fee..
USS Bugara (SS-331)
Bugara (SS-331) underway, circa 1969. Career Ordered: Laid down: 21 October 1943 Launched: 2 July 1944 Commissioned: 15 November 1944 Decommissioned: 1 October 1970 Struck: 1 October 1970 Fate: sunk by accident General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   S..
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
Career Ordered: 20 June 1996 Laid down: 10 May 1999 Launched: 21 June 2001 Commissioned: 8 December 2001 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,200 tons Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m) Draught: 31 ft..
USS Bull
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Bull, in honor of Lieutenant (junior grade) Richard Bull (1914–1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The first, Bull (DE-52), was a Buckley-class destroyer escort, launched in 1943, and trans..
USS Bullard (DD-660)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 October 1942 Launched: 28 February 1943 Commissioned: 9 April 1943 Decommissioned: 20 December 1946 Struck: 1 December 1972 Fate: Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5&nb..
USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 16 July 1944 Commissioned: 4 December 1944 Fate: sunk, probably by Japanese Stricken: General characteristics Displacement: 1526 tons Length: 311 ft 9 in (95 m) Beam: 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m) Draft: 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) Speed: 20.3 knots (38 km/h) ..
USS Bull (DE-52)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 29 June 1942 Launched: 3 February 1943 Commissioned:   ? Fate: Transferred to United Kingdom, 19 May 1943 Career (UK) Acquired: 19 May 1943 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Returned to United ..
USS Bull (DE-693)
Lu Shan (PF-36), ex-Bull (DE-693) Career (U.S.) Ordered: 9 October 1942 Laid down: 15 December 1942 Launched: 23 March 1943 Commissioned: 12 August 1943 Decommissioned: 5 June 1947 Struck: 15 June1966 Fate: Sold to Taiwan, 12 July 1966 Career (Taiwan) Acquired: 12 July 196..
USS Bulmer (DD-222)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 22 January 1920 Commissioned: 16 August 1920 Decommissioned: 16 August 1946 Fate: sold, 19 February 1947 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches (95.8 m) Beam: 31 feet 9 inches (9.7 m) Draught: 9 feet..
USS Bumper (SS-333)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 November 1943 Launched: 6 August 1944 Commissioned: 9 December 1944 Decommissioned: 16 November 1950 Struck: 20 December 1950 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 ..
USS Bunch (DE-694)
Career Ordered: 9 October 1942 Laid down: 23 February 1943 Launched: 29 May 1943 Commissioned: 21 August 1943 Decommissioned: 31 May 1946 Struck: 1 April 1964 Fate: Sold for scrapping 11 May 1965 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,400 tons light, 1,673 tons standard Le..
USS Bunker Hill
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bunker Hill, in remembrance of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War. The first Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an aircraft carrier that fought heavily in the Pacific during World War II. The second Bunker Hill (CG-52) is a g..
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
Career Ordered: 15 January 1982 Laid down: 11 January 1984 Launched: 11 March 1985 Commissioned: 20 September 1986 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,600 tons Length: 567 ft Beam: 55 ft Draught: 33 ft Propulsion:..
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, nicknamed "Holiday Express" for her many attacks launched around the end of the year. Bunker Hill was launched 7 December 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. Donald Boynton..
USS Burdo (APD-133)
Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 1944 Launched: 25 November 1944 Commissioned: 2 June 1945 Decommissioned: 28 February 1958 Struck: 1 April 1966 Fate: Sold for scrap, 30 March 1967 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,450 tons Length: 306 ft (93 m) overall Beam: 36 ft 10..
USS Burke (DE-215)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 1 January 1943 Launched: 3 April 1943 Commissioned: 20 July 1943 Reclassified APD: 24 January 1945 Decommissioned: 22 June 1949 Struck: 1 June 1968 Fate: To Colombia 12 August 1968, renamed Almirante Brion (DTO-7) stricken and scr..
USS Burleson (APA-67)
USS Burleson (APA-67), a Gilliam-class attack transport, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Burleson, Texas. Her keel was laid down on 22 April 1944 at Wilmington, California, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1860). She wa..
USS Burns
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Burns for Otway Burns (1775–1850), a privateer in the War of 1812. The first Burns (DD-171/DM-11) was a Wickes-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1930.The second Burns (DD-588) was a Fletcher-class destroyer, commissioned..
USS Burns (DD-171)
Career Launched: 4 July 1918 Commissioned: 7 August 1919 Redesignated: 15 March 1921, as DM-11 Decommissioned: 2 June 1930 Fate: Scrapped and sold, 22 April 1932 Struck: 30 November 1930 General Characteristics Displacement: 1191 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 8 in Draft: 9 ft..
USS Burns (DD-588)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 May 1942 Launched: 8 August 1942 Commissioned: 3 April 1943 Decommissioned: 25 June 1946 Struck: 1 November 1972 Fate: Sunk as a target, 20 June 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5&..
USS Burrfish (SS-312)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 18 June 1943 Commissioned: 14 September 1943 Decommissioned: 11 May 1961 Fate: transferred to Canada, 11 May 1961 Struck: 19 July 1969 Career (Canada) Acquired: 11 May 1961 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Struck: Fate: ..
USS Burrows
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Burrows for William Burrows. The first Burrows was a galley launched in 1814 and served in the Battle of Lake Champlain.The second USS Burrows (DD-29) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1910 and served in World War I. She se..
USS Burrows (DD-29)
In Coast Guard service Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 23 June 1910 Commissioned (USN): 21 February 1911 Decommissioned (USN): 12 December 1919 Commissioned (USCG): 30 June 1925 Decommissioned (USCG): 14 February 1931 Fate: sold Struck: General Characteristics Displacement..
USS Bush
USS Bush has been the name of two ships of United States Navy: Bush (DD-166) a Wickes-class destroyer, which served from 1919 until 1922.Bush (DD-529) a Fletcher-class destroyer, which served from 1943 until she was sunk off Okinawa, 6 April 1945. See also USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) ..
USS Bush (DD-166)
Career Launched: 27 October 1918 Commissioned: 19 February 1919 Decommissioned: 21 June 1922 Fate: Sold 8 September 1936 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1191 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 8 in Draft: 9 ft 2 in Propulsion: Speed: 35.1 knots Complement: ..
USS Bush (DD-529)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 February 1942 Launched: 27 October 1942 Commissioned: 10 May 1943 Decommissioned: Struck: Fate: Sunk off Okinawa, 6 April 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 ft 5 in (114.7 m) Beam: 39&nb..
USS Butler (DD-636)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 September 1941 Launched: 12 February 1942 Commissioned: 15 August 1942 Decommissioned: 8 November 1945 Struck: 28 November 1945 Fate: sold 10 January 1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630 tons Length: 348 ft 3 in (1..
USS Butte
USS Butte is the name of several ships of the United States Navy: USS Butte (APA-68) was a troop transport ship for amphibious operations of the Gilliam class commissioned in 1944 that was used in the atomic bomb tests (Operation Crossroads) at Kwajalein after World War II and finally scuttled in 1..
USS Butte (AE-27)
The second USS Butte (AE-27) was a Kilauea-class ammunition ship in the United States Navy. Butte was laid down July 21 1966 by General Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned on December 14, 1968 and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, originally homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. She..
USS C-1 (SS-9)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 4 October 1906 Commissioned: 30 June 1908 Decommissioned: 4 August 1919 Fate: sold for scrap Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement: 238 tons Length: 105 ft 4 in (32 m) Beam: 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) Draft: 10 ft (30.5 m) Propulsion: Sp..
USS C-2 (SS-13)
Career Laid down: 4 March 1908 Launched: 8 April 1909 Commissioned: 23 November 1909 Decommissioned: 23 December 1919 Stricken: 23 December 1919 Fate: sold for scrap 13 April 1920 General Characteristics Displacement: 238 tons Length: 105 feet 4 inches Beam: 13 feet 11 inches Draft:..
USS C-3 (SS-14)
Career Launched: 8 April 1909 Commissioned: 23 November 1909 Decommissioned: 23 December 1919 Fate: sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 238 tons Length: 105 feet 4 inches Beam: 13 feet 11 inches Draft: 10 feet Speed: 10 knots Complement: 15 officers and men Armamen..
USS C-4 (SS-15)
Career Launched: 17 June 1909 Commissioned: 23 November 1909 Decommissioned: 15 August 1919 Fate: sold as scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 238 tons Length: 105 feet 4 inches Beam: 13 feet 11 inches Draft: 10 feet Speed: 10 knots Complement: 15 officers and men Armament: ..
USS C-5 (SS-16)
The USS C-5 underway in New York Harbor during a review in 1912. Career Launched: 16 June 1908 Commissioned: 2 February 1910 Decommissioned: 23 December 1919 Fate: sold for scrap, 13 April 1920 General Characteristics Displacement: 238 tons Length: 105 feet 4 inches Beam: 13 feet 11 inc..
USS Cabezon (SS-334)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 November 1943 Launched: 27 August 1944 Commissioned: 30 December 1944 Decommissioned: 24 October 1953 Struck: 15 May 1970 Fate: sold for scrap, 28 December 1971 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 to..
USS Cabildo (LSD-16)
Career Awarded: 1 July 1943 Laid down: 24 July 1944 Launched: 22 December 1944 Commissioned: 15 March 1945 Decommissioned: 31 March 1970 Struck: 15 October 1976 Fate: used as a target and sunk, September 1985 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,032 tons (light), 7,930 t.&nb..
USS Cabot
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cabot, after the explorer John Cabot. The first Cabot was a 14-gun brig purchased in 1775 and captured by the British in 1777.The second Cabot (CVL-28) was a light aircraft carrier active in World War II, transferred to Spain in 1967 where she..
USS Cabot (1775)
(add image here) Career Purchased:November 1775 Fate:captured March 1777 General Characteristics Displacement:189 tons Length:74.8 ft ( m) Beam:24.7 ft ( m) Depth:11.3 ft ( m) Complement:120 officers and men Armament:14 x 6-pounder guns The first USS Cabot of the United States was a 14-gun brig,..
USS Cabot (CVL-28)
The second Cabot (CVL-28) was an Independence-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy during World War II. Cabot was laid down as Wilmington (CL-79), redesignated CV-28 on 2 June 1942, renamed Cabot 23 June 1942 and converted while building. She was launched 4 April 1943 by New York Shi..
USS Cabrilla (SS-288)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 24 December 1942 Commissioned: 24 May 1943 Decommissioned: 30 June 1968 Struck: 30 June 1968 Fate: sold for scrap, April 1972 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2..
USS Cachalot (SS-170)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:19 October 1933 Commissioned:1 December 1933 Decommissioned:17 October 1945 Fate:sold Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement:1110 tons Length:271 feet 10 inches Beam:24 feet 9 inches Draft:12 feet 10 inches Speed:17 knots Complement:43 officers and men ..
USS Cactoctin (AGC-5)
USS Catoctin (AGC-5) was launched as SS Mary Whitridge 23 January 1943 by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, Calif., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss A. H. Morton; acquired by the Navy 31 August 1943; and commissioned as Catoctin the same day, Commander H. B. Olsen, USNR, in comma..
USS Caiman (SS-323)
Caiman (SS-323), Spring 1951 following GUPPY upgrade. Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 June 1943 Launched: 30 March 1944 Commissioned: 17 July 1944 Decommissioned: 30 June 1972 Struck: 30 June 1972 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: ..
USS Cairo (1861)
Career Launched: 1861 Commissioned: January 1862 Fate: Sunk December 12, 1862 Raised in 1964, museum ship General Characteristics Displacement: 512 tons Length: 175 ft (53 m) Beam: 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m) Draught: 6 ft (1.8 m) Propulsion: Steam engine, paddle wheels Speed: 4 knots (7 km/h..
USS Caldwell
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Caldwell for James R. Caldwell. The first Caldwell (DD-69) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers, commissioned in 1917, served in World War I and decommissiond in 1922.The second Caldwell (DD-605) was a Benson-class destroyer, commissio..
USS Caldwell (DD-605)
The second USS Caldwell (DD-605) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James R. Caldwell. Caldwell was launched 15 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss A. Caldwell; and commissioned 10 Jun..
USS Caldwell (DD-69)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 December 1916 Launched: 10 July 1917 Commissioned: 1 December 1917 Decommissioned: 27 June 1922 Fate: Stricken 7 January 1936 and scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 1,020 tons (standard), 1,125 tons (normal) Length: 308' (93.88 m) wl, 315..
USS Caledonia (1812)
Career Captured: 8 October 1812 Purchased: 6 February 1813 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: sold, May 1815 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 85 tons Length: Beam: Draft: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Depth: Complement: 53 officers and enlisted Armament: ..
USS California
Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS California in honor of the 31st state. The first USS California was a screw sloop originally named Minnetonka.The second USS California (ACR-6), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser, was commissioned in 1907. In 1914, she was renamed San Diego..
USS California (ACR-6)
USS San Diego, formerly USS California Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 May 1902 Launched: 28 April 1904 Commissioned: 1 August 1907 Fate: sunk 1918, suspected to be by a U-boat General Characteristics Displacement: 13,680 tons Length: 504 ft (154 m) Beam: 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m..
USS California (BB-44)
USS California at sea, mid-1930. The USS California Career Authorized:3 March 1915 Laid down:25 October 1916 Launched:20 November 1919 Commissioned:10 August 1921 Decommissioned:14 February 1947 Fate:sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:32,300 tons Length:624.5 feet Beam:97.3 feet ..
USS California (CGN-36)
Career Ordered: 13 June 1968 Laid down: 23 January 1970 Launched: 22 September 1971 Commissioned: 16 February 1974 Decommissioned: 9 July 1999 Fate: nuclear ship recycling Stricken: 9 July 1999 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,643 tons light, 11,548 tons full, 905 tons dead ..
USS Callaghan
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Callaghan, named in honor of the Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan (1890–1942), who was killed in action in the bitter Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during the act..
USS Callaghan (DD-792)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1 August 1943 Commissioned: 27 November 1943 Struck: Fate: sunk off Okinawa, 28 July 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376.4 ft (114.7 m) Beam: 39.6 ft (12.1 m) Draft: 13.8 ..
USS Callaghan (DDG-994)
Career Yard:Litton Ingalls,Pascagoula, Mississippi Awarded:March 23, 1978 Laid down:October 23, 1978 Launched:December 1, 1979 Commissioned:August 29, 1981 Decommissioned:March 31, 1998 Fate:Sold to Taiwan General Characteristics Displacement:9,783 tons full Length:171.6 m (563 f..
USS Callao (IX-205)
USS Callao (IX-205), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Callao, a seaport in Peru. She was built in 1943 and 1944 by P. Smit, Jr. Shipyard, in Rotterdam, Holland, as Externsteine for the Kriegsmarine, but captured on the night of 1..
USS Camanche (1864)
Career Launched: 14 November 1864 Commissioned: May 1865 Decommissioned: 1898 Fate: sold, 22 March 1899 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,335 tons Length: 200 ft (61 m) Beam: 46 ft (14 m) Draft: 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) Propulsion: Screw Steamer Speed: 7 knots (13 km/h..
USS Cambridge
Two vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Cambridge, after the various US places named Cambridge. The first Cambridge was an armed steamship in use during the American Civil War. The second Cambridge (No. 1651), also a steamship, was purchased by the Navy on 22 October 1917, and tur..
USS Cambridge (CA-126)
USS Cambridge (CA-126) was to be an Oregon City-class heavy cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. Cambridge was laid down by Bethlehem Steel at Quincy, Massachusetts on 16 December 1944 but construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945 prior to ..
USS Camden
USS Camden has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy: USS Camden (AS 6) (submarine tender)USS Camden (AOE-2) (fast combat support ship) ..
USS Camden (AOE-2)
The USS Camden (AOE-2) is the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Camden, New Jersey that lies on the Delaware River across from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, combining the functions of three logistic support ships in one h..
USS Camden (AS-6)
Career Acquired: 15 August 1917 Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 15 August 191721 February 1919 Decommissioned: 3 May 191826 May 1931 Struck: Fate: sold, 23 October 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,075 tons Length: 403.6 ft (123 m) Beam: 47.6 ft (14.5 m) ..
USS Camel (IX-113)
USS Camel (IX-133), a Armadillo-class tanker, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the camel, a ruminant found in Asia and Africa. She was launched 31 October 1943 as William H. Carruth by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, under a Maritime C..
USS Canandaigua (1862)
The first USS Canandaigua was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for a city and lake in New York. She was briefly named Detroit. Canandaigua was launched 28 March 1862 by Boston Navy Yard, and commissioned 1 August 1862, Commander J. F. Green in c..
USS Canandaigua (IX-233)
USS Canandaiga (IX-233), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Canandaiga, New York. She was acquired by the Navy 20 September 1945 and placed in service. She sank 22 November but was raised and placed out of service at New London, Con..
USS Canberra (CA-70)
Career Ordered: 1 July 1940 Laid down: 3 September 1941 Launched: 19 April 1943 Commissioned: 14 October 1943 Decommissioned: 2 February 1970 Struck: 31 July 1978 Fate: Scrapped in 1980 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,600 tons Length: 673 ft 5 in Beam: 70 ft 10 in Draft:..
USS Cannon (DE-99)
USS Cannon (DE-99) was launched 25 May 1943 by Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware.; sponsored by Mrs. E. H. Cannon commissioned 26 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander G. Morris in command, and reported to the Atlantic Fleet. It was a destroyer escort. The ship was named for George H. Cannon, ..
USS Canonicus
Four ships in the United States Navy have been named for Canonicus. The first Canonicus was a monitor launched in 1863.The second Canonicus was a minelayer launched in 1899.The third USS Canonicus (YT-187) was a tug in service during World War II.The fourth USS Canonicus (ACM-12) was a Chimo-class ..
USS Canonicus (1863)
Career Laid down: 1862 Launched: 1 August 1863 Commissioned: 16 April 1864 Decommissioned: 1877 Fate: Sold 19 February 1908 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,034 tons Length: 225 ft (69 m) Beam: 43 ft 8 in (13.3 m) Draft: 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) Propulsion: Steam engi..
USS Canonicus (ACM-12)
Career Laid down: Delivered to Army: 1942 Transferred to Navy: 1944 Decommissioned: Fate: Sold, 1948 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,320 tons Length: 188 ft 2 in Beam: 37 ft Draught: 12 ft 6 in Propulsion: Speed: 12.5 knots Complement: 69 officers and enlisted..
USS Canopus (AS-34)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2 March 1964 Launched: 12 February 1965 Commissioned: 4 November 1965 Decommissioned: 7 October 1994 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,686 tons Length: 644 feet Beam: 85 ft Draught: 30 feet Propulsion: 2 boilers, steam turbine, si..
USS Capelin (SS-289)
insert caption here(insert link to larger image here) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:20 January 1943 Commissioned:4 June 1943 Fate:lost to an unknown cause Stricken: General Characteristics Displacement:1526 tons Length:311 feet 9 inches Beam:27 feet 3 inches Draft:15 feet 3 inches Speed:20 k..
USS Caperton (DD-650)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 January 1943 Launched: 22 May 1943 Commissioned: 30 July 1943 Decommissioned: 27 April 1960 Struck: 1 December 1974 Fate: Sunk as a target in the 1980s General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376 f..
USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) was an Casablanca cla..
USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 12 September 1944 Commissioned: 5 March 1945 Decommissioned: 5 November 1946 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: USS C..
USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
Career Ordered: 25 February 1988 Laid down: 19 November 1990 Launched: 10 January 1992 Commissioned: 13 June 1993 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,600 tons Length: 567 ft Beam: 55 ft Draught: 33 ft Propulsion: 4..
USS Capitaine (SS-336)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2 December 1943 Launched: 1 October 1944 Commissioned: 26 January 1945 Decommissioned: 4 March 1966 Struck: 5 December 1977 Fate: Transferred, later sold, to Italy General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 to..
USS Capodanno (FF-1093)
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Career Ordered: A..
USS Capps (DD-550)
InsertCaptionHere Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 12 June 1941 Launched: 31 May 1942 Commissioned: 23 June 1943 Decommissioned: 15 January 1947 Struck: 1 October 1972 Fate: Transferred to Spain, 15 May 1957 Career Acquired: 15 May 1957 Commissioned: Decommissioned:..
USS Captor (PYc-40)
Career Built: 1938 Commissioned: 5 March 1942 Decommissioned: 4 October 1944 Fate: sold, 21 February 1945 Struck: 14 October, 1944 General Characteristics Displacement: 314 tons Length: 133 feet Beam: 26 feet Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 12.5 knots Range: Complement: 5 officers..
USS Carbonero (SS-337)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 December 1943 Launched: 19 October 1944 Commissioned: 7 February 1945 Decommissioned: 1 December 1970 Struck: 1 December 1970 Fate: sunk as a target 27 April 1975 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,5..
USS Cardinal
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Cardinal for the crested red finch widely known in the eastern United States. The first Cardinal (AM-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper that served between World War I and World War II. The second Cardinal (AM-67) was built as the civilian ..
USS Card (CVE-11)
Career Laid down: 27 October 1941 Launched: 27 February 1942 Commissioned: 8 November 1942 Decommissioned: March 10 1970 Stricken: 15 September 1970 Fate: Scrapped in Clatskanie, Oregon in 1971 General Characteristics Displacement: 9,800 tons Length: 496 ft (151.2 m) B..
USS Caribou (IX-114)
USS Caribou (IX-114), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the caribou, a North American reindeer, native to Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Her keel was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corpor..
USS Carina (AK-74)
USS Carina (AK-74), a Crater-class cargo ship, is the only ship of the United States Navy to have this name. It is named after a star of the southern constellation Argo. Carina was launched 6 November 1942 by Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 1, Richmond, California, as liberty ship SS David ..
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz class supercarrier named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia. She was commissioned in 1982 and carries F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as well as surveillance and other aircraft. Carl Vinson can carry 85 planes and 5..
USS Carmick (DD-493)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 May 1941 Launched: 8 March 1942 Commissioned: 28 December 1942 Decommissioned: 15 February 1954 Struck: 1 July 1971 Fate: Sold 7 August 1972 and broken up for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 1,630 tons Length: 348 ft 3&..
USS Carmita (IX-152)
USS Carmita (IX-152), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, the second ship of the United States Navy to have the name, was named for the first Carmita, a schooner captured during the American Civil War. Formerly known as Slate, she was acquired and placed in service on 11 May 1944. She was atta..
USS Carnelian (PY-19)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 May 1930 Launched: 18 October 1930 Commissioned: 7 June 1941 Decommissioned: 4 January 1946 Fate: Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 24 October 1946 Struck: General characteristics Displacement: 500 tons Length: 190 ft 11 in (58 m) Beam: 26 ft..
USS Carney (DDG-64)
Career Ordered: 16 January 1991 Laid down: 3 August 1993 Launched: 23 July 1994 Commissioned: 13 April 1996 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 8,315 tons Length: 505 ft (153.9 m) Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m) Draught: 31 ft (..
USS Carondelet
There have been two ships of the United States Navy named USS Carondelet: The first USS Carondelet was a gunboat on the Mississippi River during the U.S. Civil War.The second USS Carondelet (IX-136) was a tanker in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. ..
USS Carondelet (1861)
Career Launched: 1861 Commissioned: 15 January 1862 Decommissioned: 20 June 1865 Fate: Sold 29 November 1865 General Characteristics Displacement: 512 tons Length: 175 feet Beam: 51 feet 2 inches Draught: 6 feet Propulsion: Steam engine Speed: 4 knots Complement: 251 officers and ..
USS Caron (DD-970)
Career Ordered: 15 January 1971 Laid down: 1 July 1974 Launched: 24 June 1975 Commissioned: 1 October 1977 Decommissioned: 15 October 2001 Fate: Accidentally sunk in the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area on 4 December 2002. Struck: 5 June 2002 General Characteristics Displacement..
USS Carp
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been called USS Carp: USS Carp (SS-20)USS Carp (SS-338) ..
USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 31 October 1944 Launched: 10 March 1945 Commissioned: 30 July 1945 Decommissioned: 21 April 1958 Struck: 1 December 1959 Fate: Scrapped, 1966 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,450 tons Length: 306 ft. (93 m) overall Beam: 36 ft. 10 in. (1..
USS Carpellotti (DE-548)
Carpellotti (DE-548) was named after Louis Joseph Carpellotti, who was born on 13 February 1918 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on 22 September 1940. Private First Class Carpellotti was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942, when he led a detachm..
USS Carp (SS-338)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 December 1943 Launched: 12 November 1944 Commissioned: 28 February 1945 Decommissioned: Struck: 20 December 1971 Fate: sold for scrap, 1973 General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424..
USS Carr (FFG-52)
USS Carr (FFG-52) Career Ordered: Laid down: 26 March, 1982 Launched: 26 February, 1983 Commissioned: 27 July, 1985 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: NS Norfolk, Virginia General Characteristics Displacement: 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load Length: 45..
USS Carter Hall
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Carter Hall, named in honor of Carter Hall, an estate of Nathan Burwell, a colonial governor of Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley, near the town of Winchester, Virginia. The first Carter Hall, (LSD-3), was a Ashland-class dock landi..
USS Carter Hall (LSD-3)
Career Laid down: no known record Launched: 4 March 1943 Commissioned: 18 September 1943 Decommissioned: 12 February 1947 & 31 October 1969 Struck: 31 October 1969 Fate: Sold for scrap, 28 August 1970 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,960 tons Length: 457 feet, 9 inches Bea..
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
Career --> Awarded: 22 December 1989 Laid down: 11 November 1991 Launched: 2 October 1993 Commissioned: 30 September 1995 Status: Active in service as of 2006. Homeport: NAB Little Creek, Virginia General Characteristics Displacement: 11,471 tons (light), 16,360..
USS Casablanca (CVE-55)
Career Laid down:3 November 1942 Launched:5 April 1943 Commissioned:8 July 1943 Decommissioned:10 June 1946 Fate:sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:7,800 tons Length:512.3 ft (156 m) overall Beam:65.2 ft (19.9 m) Extreme Width:108.1 ft (33 m) Draft:22.5 ft (6.9 m) Speed:20 knots ..
USS Cascade (AD-16)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 6 June 1942 Commissioned: 12 March 19435 April 1951 Decommissioned: 12 February 194722 November 1974 Struck: 23 November 1974 Fate: Sold for scrapping 1 October 1975 General Characteristics Displacement: 9,260 tons Length: 492 ft Beam: 69 ..
USS Casco (1864)
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USS Case
Two ships of United States Navy were named USS Case for Augustus Case. The first Case (DD-285) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1930.The second Case (DD-370) was a Mahan-class destroyer, commissioned in 1936 and decommissioned in 1945. ..
USS Case (DD-285)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 September 1919 Commissioned: 8 December 1919 Decommissioned: 22 October 1930 Fate: sold 17 January 1931 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 30 feet 8 inches Draught: 9 feet 4 inches Prop..
USS Case (DD-370)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 14 September 1935 Commissioned: 15 September 1936 Decommissioned: 13 December 1945 Fate: sold 31 December 1947 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,500 tons Length: 341 ft 4 in (104 m) Beam: 35 ft (10,7 ..
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633)
Career Ordered: 20 July 1961 Laid down: 12 January 1963 Launched: 1 February 1964 Commissioned: 14 August 1964 Decommissioned: 7 March 1994 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 7 March 1994 General Characteristics Length: Propulsion: S5W reactor Armament: Motto: Per Tridentem Li..
USS Casper (PF-12)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 27 December 1943 Commissioned: 31 March 1944 Decommissioned: 16 May 1946 Struck: Fate: Sold 20 May 1947 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,430 tons (light), 2,415 tons (full) Length: 303 ft 11 in (92.6 m) Beam: 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)..
USS Cassin
Two United States Navy ships have been named USS Cassin. They were named after Stephen Cassin. The first Cassin (DD-43) was commissioned in 1913. The second Cassin (DD-372) served during World War II. See also Cassin Young (DD-793). ..
USS Cassin (DD-372)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 28 October 1935 Commissioned: 21 August 1936 Decommissioned: 17 December 1945 Fate: 25 November 1947 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,500 tons Length: 341 ft 4 in (104 m) Beam: 35 ft (10,7 m) Drau..
USS Cassin (DD-43)
In Coast Guard service Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 20 May 1913 Commissioned: 9 August 1913 Decommissioned: 7 June 1922 Commissioned: 30 August 1924 (USCG) Decommissioned: 5 June 1933 (USCG) Returned to Navy: 30 June 1933 Fate: Sold 22 August 1934 Struck: General Charact..
USS Cassin Young (DD-793)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 March 1943 Launched: 12 September 1943 Commissioned: 31 December 1943 Decommissioned: 29 April 1960 Struck: 1 December 1974 Fate: museum ship in Boston, Mass. General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length: 376.4 ft (114.7&..
USS Cassiopeia (AK-75)
USS Cassiopeia (AK-75) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the to bear this name. It is named after the northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia was launched 15 November 1942 as liberty ship SS Melville W. F..
USS Castine (IX-211)
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USS Caswell (AKA-72)
A typical Tolland class AKA Career Launched: 24 October, 1944 Commissioned: 13 December, 1944 Decommissioned: 19 June, 1946 Fate: Scrapped, 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,318 tons Length: 459 ft 2 in (140 m) Beam: 63 ft (19.2 m) Draft: 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m) Pro..
USS Catawba
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Catawba, after the Catawba River of North Carolina. The first Catawba was an ironclad built for the American Civil War, but never commissioned and sold to Peru, where she was renamed Atahualpa and served in the War of the Pacific. The second..
USS Catawba (1864)
Career Laid down: 1864 Launched: 21 May 1864 Commissioned: Never Commissioned Fate: Sold to builder, 13 April 1868. Later resold to the Peruvian Navy, renamed Atahualpa, scuttled, 1881 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,100 tons Length: 223 ft (68 m) Beam: 43 ft 4 in (..
USS Catfish (SS-339)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 January 1944 Launched: 19 November 1944 Commissioned: 19 March 1945 Decommissioned: 1 July 1971 Struck: 1 July 1971 Fate: sold to Argentina (1971) Commissioned Santa Fe: 1971 Fate: sunk (1982) General Characteristics Displacement,   S..
USS Catron (APA-71)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 28 August 1944 Commissioned: 28 November 1944 Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 Fate: Sunk as a target, 6 May 1948 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,247 tons Length: 426 ft (130 m) Beam: 58 ft (17.7 m) Draft: 16 ft (..
USS Catskill (1862)
The officers of the USS Catskill posing on deck and atop the turret, while the ship was in Charleston harbor, SC, circa 1865. Note the Dahlgren 12-pounder deck howitzers. Career Laid down: 1862 Launched: 16 December 1862 Commissioned: 24 February 1863 Decommissioned: 22 September 1898..
USS Cavalla
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Cavalla, after the cavalla, a fish of the pompano family. The first Cavalla (SS-244) was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned 1944, served until 1969, and as of 2004 is a museum ship at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas. The second Cavalla..
USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 28 March 1944 Launched: 15 June 1944 Commissioned: 13 March 1945 Decommissioned: 15 October 1959 Fate: Transferred to Korea, 15 October 1959 Struck: 15 November 1974 Career (Korea) Acquired: 15 October 1959 Commissioned: Dec..
USS Cavalla (SS-244)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 March 1943 Launched: 14 November 1943 Commissioned: 29 February 1944 Decommissioned: 30 December 1969 Struck: 30 December 1969 Fate: museum ship, Galveston, Texas General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,52..
USS Cavalla (SSN-684)
Career Ordered: 24 July 1968 Laid down: 4 June 1970 Launched: 19 February 1972 Commissioned: 9 February 1973 Decommissioned: 30 March 1998 Fate: submarine recycling Stricken: 30 March 1998 General Characteristics Displacement: 4193 tons light, 4498 tons full, 305 tons dead Length: 90..
USS Cayuga
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Cayuga for one of the six Iroquois tribes. The first Cayuga was a screw steamer launched in 1861 and served during the American Civil War.The second Cayuga was originally the tug Powhatan and renamed in 1917.The third Cayuga (LST-1186) was a..
USS Cayuga (1861)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 October 1861 Commissioned: 21 February 1862 Decommissioned: 31 July 1865 Fate: sold 25 October 1865 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 691 tons Length: 158 ft Beam: 28 ft Draft: 10 ft 3 in Propulsion: Steam engine Speed: 10 ..
USS Cayuga (LST-1186)
The third USS Cayuga (LST-1186) was a Newport-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. She was named after a county in New York. Cayuga was laid down on 28 September 1968 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel & Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 12 July 1969; sponsored by Mr..
USS Cebu (ARG-6)
The USS Cebu (ARG-6) was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named after Cebu, an island in the Philippines, it was the second ship of the Navy to bear this name. Cebu was laid down 21 September 1943 as liberty ship SS Franc..
USS Cecil J. Doyle (DE-368)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1944 Launched: 1 July 1944 Commissioned: 16 October 1944 Decommissioned: 2 July 1946 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,350 tons Length: 306 ft (93 m) Beam: 36 ft 8 in (11 m) Draft: 9 ft 5 in (3 m) Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h) C..
USS Celeno (AK-76)
The USS Celeno (AK-76) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named with a variant spelling of the star Celaeno in the constellation Pleiades, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. Celeno was laid down 3 November 1942 as liberty ship SS..
USS Ceres (1856)
Career Launched: 1856 Commissioned: September 1861 Decommissioned: July 14, 1865 Fate: Sold October 25, 1865 General Characteristics Displacement: 150 tons Length: 108 feet 4 inches Beam: 22 feet 4 inches Draught: 6 feet 3 inches Propulsion: Steam engine Speed: 9 knots Complement: 45 o..
USS Cero
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Cero, for the Cero, a large food and game fish of the mackerel family, found chiefly in the West Indies. The first, Cero (No. 1189), a motorboat, served in the 2d Naval District in a noncommissioned status during 1917–18. The second, Cer..
USS Cero (SS-225)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 4 April 1943 Commissioned: 4 July 1943 Decommissioned: 23 December 1953 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement,   Surfaced:   Submerged: 1,526 tons (1550 t), 2,424 tons (2460 t) Length: 311.8 ft (95.0 m) Beam..
USS Cetus (AK-77)
The USS Cetus (AK-77) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. Named after the equatorial constellation Cetus, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name. Cetus was laid down 21 November 1942 as liberty ship SS George B. Cortelyou (MCE hull 445..
USS Chafee (DDG-90)
USS Chafee pulls into her new homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Career Ordered: 6 March 1998 Laid down: 12 April 2001 Launched: 2 November 2002 Commissioned: 18 October 2003 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,200 tons ..
USS Challenger
The USS Challenger is a starship in the fictional universe of Star Trek. It is a Galaxy class starship, like the Enterprise-D. In an alternate reality, by 2390 the vessel was commanded by Captain Geordi La Forge. The Challenger was sent to stop Harry Kim and Chakotay from altering the timeline. ..
USS Champlin
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Champlin: USS Champlin (DD-104)USS Champlin (DD-601) ..
USS Champlin (DD-104)
Career Launched: 7 April 1918 Commissioned: 11 November 1918 Decommissioned: 7 June 1922 Fate: Sunk in tests 12 April 1936 Struck: 19 May 1936 General Characteristics Displacement: 1191 tons Length: 314 ft 5 in Beam: 31 ft 9 in Draft: 9 ft 2 in Propulsion: Speed: 35 knots Compleme..
USS Champlin (DD-601)
The second USS Champlin (DD-601) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Stephen Champlin. Champlin was launched 25 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Brendel; and commissi..
USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)
Career Ordered: 26 November 1984 Laid down: 24 June 1987 Launched: 15 July 1988 Commissioned: 4 November 1989 Decommissioned: Status: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,600 tons Length: 567 ft Beam: 55 ft Draught: 33 ft Propulsion: 4 &ti..
USS Chandler
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Chandler. The first was named for William E. Chandler and the second for Theodore E. Chandler. The first Chandler (DD-206/DMS-9/AG-108) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919, served in World War II and decommissioned in 1945.The ..
USS Chandler (DD-206)
Career Launched: 19 March 1919 Commissioned: 5 September 1919 Decommissioned: 12 November 1945 Fate: Sold, on 18 November 1946 Struck: 20 March 1930 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,215 tons Length: 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) Beam: 31 ft 9 in (9.68&..
USS Chandler (DDG-996)
Career Yard:Litton Ingalls,Pascagoula, Mississippi Awarded:March 23, 1978 Laid down:May 7, 1979 Launched:June 28, 1980 Commissioned:March 13, 1982 Decommissioned:September 23, 1999 Fate:Sold to Taiwan General Characteristics Displacement:9,783 tons full Length:171.6 m (563 ft) Beam..
USS Charger (CVE-30)
Career Laid down:19 January 1940 Launched:1 March 1941 Commissioned:3 March 1942 Decommissioned:15 March 1946 Fate:merchant ship; sold for scrap, 1969 General Characteristics Displacement:8,000 tons Length:492 ft (150m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Extreme width:112 ft (34.1 m) Draft:26.25 ft (8 m) Spe..
USS Charleston
Several United States Navy ships have borne the name Charleston, after the town of Charleston, South Carolina. The first Charleston was a galley mounting one 24-pounder gun, identical to Mars (length 52 ft, breadth 15 ft, depth 5.1 ft, complement 28). She was built at Charleston in 1798, commanded..
USS Charleston (C-2)
USS Charleston in Manila Career Laid down:20 January 1887 Launched:19 July 1888 Commissioned:26 December 1889 Fate:wrecked 2 November 1899 General Characteristics Displacement:3,730 tons Length:320 ft ( m) Beam:46 ft ( m) Draft:18.5 ft ( m) Speed:19 knots Complement:300 officers and men Armament..
USS Charleston (C-22)
Career Laid down:30 January 1902 Launched:23 January 1904 Commissioned:17 October 1905 Decommissioned:4 December 1923 Fate:Partially scrapped. Hull aground in Kelsey Bay, Canada General Characteristics Displacement:9,700 tons Length:426.5 ft Beam:66 ft Draft:22.5 ft Speed:22 knots Complement:673 ..
USS Charleston (LKA-113)
Career Ordered: 11 June 1965 Laid down: 5 December 1966 Launched: 2 December 1967 Commissioned: 14 December 1968 Decommissioned: 27 April 1992 Fate: In reserve Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 18465 tons Length: 576 ft Beam: 82 ft Draft: 26 ft Propulsion: Steam..
USS Charles Ausburn
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named for Charles L. Ausburne. Since other family members spelled their name as Ausburn, the first ship to bear his name followed that spelling as USS Charles Ausburn. Later, the Navy discovered that Charles signed as Ausburne, and the second ship's name..
USS Charles Ausburne (DD-570)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: 14 May 1941 Launched: 16 March 1942 Commissioned: 24 November 1942 Decommissioned: 18 April 1946 Fate: transferred to Germany 12 April 1960 Struck: 1 December 1967 Career (West Germany) Commissioned: Decommissioned: Struck: ..
USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 18 December 1919 Commissioned: 23 March 1920 Decommissioned: 1 May 1930 Fate: sold for scrapping, 17 January 1931 Struck: 22 October 1930 General Characteristics Displacement: 1215 tons Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 31 feet 8 inches Draugh..
USS Charles F. Adams
Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Charles F. Adams: USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)USS Charles F. Adams (DD-952) ..
USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)
Career Ordered: 28 March 1957 Laid down: 16 June 1958 Launched: 8 September 1959 Commissioned: 10 September 1960 Decommissioned: 20 November 1992 Fate: laid up, Philadelphia Struck: 20 November 1992 General Characteristics Displacement: 4,500 tons Full Load Length: 437 ft (133...
USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428)
USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Charles Frederick Hughes. Charles F. Hughes was launched 16 May 1940 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. C. F. Hughes; and commissioned 5 Sep..
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)
USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Charles Howard Roan, a Marine who lost his life in action on the island of Palau. Roan was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launch..
USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 September 1942 Launched: 3 April 1943 Commissioned: 23 July 1943 Decommissioned: 20 December 1957 Struck: 1 February 1974 Fate: Sold to Chile for parts, 10 May 1974 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,050 tons Length..
USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: 1942 Laid down: 1 August 1942 Launched: 16 February 1943 Commissioned: 31 May 1943 Decommissioned: 21 June 1946 Struck: 1 September 1964 Fate: Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 1400 tons standard1740 tons full load Length: 306 f..
USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835)
USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835) was a Gearing class destroyer, the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Charles P. Cecil. She was launched on 22 April 1945 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. C. P. Cecil; and commissioned on 29 June 1945 with Commander W...
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Charles R. Ware USN (1911–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in the Battle of Midway. Charles R. Ware was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at ..
USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
USS Charles S. Sperry, New York Harbor with Statue of Liberty, May 16th, 1944 Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 October 1943 Launched: 13 March 1944 Commissioned: 17 May 1944 Decommissioned: 15 December 1973 Struck: 15 December 1973 Fate: Sold to Chile 8 January 1974, as Ministro ..
USS Charlotte
Four vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Charlotte, after the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The first Charlotte was a Confederate schooner captured by Federal forces in 1862 and used until 1867. The second Charlotte (CA-12) was the armored cruiser North Carolina renamed in 19..
USS Charlottesville (PF-25)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 30 July 1943 Commissioned: 10 April 1944 Decommissioned: 12 July 1945 Struck: Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,430 tons (light), 2,415 tons (full) Length: 303 ft 11 in (92.6 m) Beam: 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m) ..
USS Charlotte (PF-60)
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 30 October 1943 Commissioned: 9 October 1944 Decommissioned: 16 April 1946 Struck: Fate: Sold 13 May 1947 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,430 tons (light), 2,415 tons (full) Length: 303 ft 11 in (92.6 m) Beam: 3..